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When the term “software engineering” was launched over a decade ago, the software scene was dominated by concerns with (what I would like to call) static problems of computer programming. The main characteristics of these concerns is the explicit or implicit assumption that a program (or a suit of programs, ie. a system) is always being written for a clearly defined purpose which can he considered as an immutable frame of reference for the process of programming, as well as for “measuring” the qualities of its results, ie. of finished programs.
By puttin’ two and two together, you get an answer, and it don’t seem to be the right one.
Earle Stanley Gardner, The Clue of the Runaway Blonde.
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Turski, W.M. (1982). A View of Current Concerns in Software Engineering. In: Wössner, H. (eds) Programmiersprachen und Programmentwicklung. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68355-8_1
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