Writing software is still "creative" and less "engineering". There aren't many ways to build a bridge but many ways to express yourself in language. Natural lan

Writing software is still "creative" and less "engineering". There aren't many ways to build a bridge but many ways to express yourself in language. Natural language or computer language that is. Add this to "business requirements" and you get the big pile of manure we walk in every day. Like how does the knowledge of IEEE754 help me if the requirement is to sum up some value of the last three days, unless the last three days are on a weekend or holiday. (ok, stupid example) The point is domain language does not translate to computer language very well and a programmer is not a domain expert. He is .. just a programmer, a creative programmer, and we are millions each doing their thing a little different.