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  • Subject: Re: [xml-dev] [offtopic] The Airplane Example (was Re: [xml-dev]Streaming XML)
  • From: Bill de hÓra <bill.dehora@propylon.com>
  • Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 21:14:43 +0000
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Michael Champion wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:57:05 +0000, Bill de hÓra
> <bill.dehora@propylon.com> wrote:
> 
>>On the other hand trying to delineate what's engineering and what's
>>alchemy in a software sense is no bad thing 
> 
> I'm not sure I follow.  To me, it's not clear what is alchemy and what
> is engineering and what is computer science in the real world.  

Consider the use of "alchemy" as rhetoric. If I had said "silver 
bullets" or "cargo cults", would that have made more sense?

cheers
Bill




 

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