"Accordingly, programming is not _currently_ a science." Yes it is, it is just that in information processing, the problem domains are often ill-specified and

"Accordingly, programming is not _currently_ a science." Yes it is, it is just that in information processing, the problem domains are often ill-specified and ill-behaved. The system analyst's job is to pull the pin on a wish list grenade, fling it at the engineers, and run away before they realize what has been done to them. The engineers are then forced to pile crap together, reverse-engineer a problem definition, and see if anybody wants to pay for solving it.