Well, all I can say to that is each engineer has to decide for themselves how much they will be swayed by popularity vs real supporting evidence. There's a gre

Well, all I can say to that is each engineer has to decide for themselves how much they will be swayed by popularity vs real supporting evidence. There's a great rush to quality in software engineering, just as there once was in science. Today, no self respecting scientist would write, "As mature researchers, of which I am the model because I'm telling you what one is, method A is the best because when I worked at Acme chemical for over ten years I personally implemented method A. I'm amazed at how other researchers still don't understand chemistry, and, by the way this is just a rant so I'm allowed to say whatever bullshit I want without the need to support it with fact."