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That restricts you to mathematics, logic or philosophy. Engineering, or the rest of the world, operates _at best_ on statistics.
by gunnihinn 7y ago
That restricts you to mathematics, logic or philosophy. Engineering, or the rest of the world, operates _at best_ on statistics.
- billfruit 7y agoProgramming in general and Software correctness does not depend upon statistical arguments, so perhaps such a view could be taken for software engineering too. Also even considering aesthetics and elegance, I find use of statistics to power a reasoning, ungainly, compared with other means of arguing the same thing.
- crimsonalucard 7y agoYou're right. Why are you voted down. Programming doesn't need to be based on statistics it's largely a deterministic system amenable to proof and logic. This application of "engineering" onto programming is largely the result of people not truly understanding the system they are dealing with. The system isn't some sub-sonic jet that will be subject to unknown turbulence, it's just axioms and rules.