> Unlike many other professions grounded in the limitations of physical reality: carpentry, civil engineering, hair cutting, etc, Software Engineering is a hous

> Unlike many other professions grounded in the limitations of physical reality: carpentry, civil engineering, hair cutting, etc, Software Engineering is a house of cards of artificial abstractions. The tools and architectural patterns are mostly free from physical constraint, so they can change at will, and they do. Interesting comment, thanks. It certainly puts your original comment in perspective, and I respect that position. I suppose this is related to the position that "computer science is more art than science".