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Viewpoint: taking the lead in licensing software engineers

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 42, Issue 4

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https://doi.org/10.1145/299157.299163

Published: 01 April 1999 Publication History

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Viewpoint: taking the lead in licensing software engineers
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Testing, certification and licensing
2. Software and its engineering

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Communications of the ACM Volume 42, Issue 4

April 1999

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DOI:10.1145/299157

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