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		skeezyjefferson 72 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Software the UFOlogy of Engineering Disciplines... this covers only the most technical fields that already specify things rigorously. most people arent technical enough to even understand what a formal spec is, so how do you deal with them? insist they learn formal methods?

layer8 72 days ago [–]

Most people aren’t software engineers, so it’s not clear why that should be a problem.

skeezyjefferson 68 days ago | [–]

...? because you have to deal with them? as in theyre paying you to write software. so now what? the idea falls apart when it meets reality

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