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Fred Brooks - No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering, IEEE Computer, Vol. 20, No. 4 (April 1987) pp. 10-19. https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/O
by neilwilson 7y ago
Fred Brooks - No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering, IEEE Computer, Vol. 20, No. 4 (April 1987) pp. 10-19.
https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/Outreach/pc204/NoSilverBullet.html https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/Outreach/pc204/NoSilverBullet.html
Read and inwardly digest
- keawade 7y agoYes! I think this line in particular is a good TL;DR of the issues discussed in the linked article: > The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one. Hence descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often abstract away its essence.