Depends on what you mean by that, I guess. There is no such thing as software engineering. If there is software that can do what you want it to do, just use it.

Depends on what you mean by that, I guess. There is no such thing as software engineering. If there is software that can do what you want it to do, just use it. You don't need to build it again, like you'd have to do with a bridge. I am currently developing something very new, and the road to where I want to go is plastered with new concepts I invented. Half of what I need to do is inventing new mathematics as well (in the form of making up new definitions, theorems, and proofs of these theorems) so that I know what exactly my software is doing. Will a computer one day be able to do what I am doing? I definitely hope so. In fact I'd love to have a computer at my side right now that could prove this freaking theorem I am working on right now. I am pretty sure it is true, but I will need 2 or 3 more days until I am really sure. It would be nice if a computer could tell me in a second if it is true (or not), together with a proof.