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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
- In-reply-to: <e3a5cb2c050101091940c61686@mail.gmail.com>
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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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