From: Dennis Newbold <dennisn@...>
Date: 2002-05-15T01:56:08+09:00
Subject: Re: OT:is software eng an art?


On Tue, 14 May 2002, Dossy wrote: 

> On 2002.05.14, Michael Sullivan <mps@blackbird.discomsys.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Why did Knuth call his books "The Art of Computer Programming"?
> > 
> > Just a rhetorical question.
> 
> I distinguish between Software Engineering and Computer Programming.
> Perhaps Knuth does too?
> 
> -- Dossy
>
AFAIK, at the time Knuth wrote his classic series, the term "software
engineering" had not yet been invented.
-dln-

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>