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First things first: If software engineering is the solution, then what is the problem?

2019/04/11 by Jesus Zavala Ruiz, Ruiz, Jesus Zavala
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Engineering · #68N01 #BIM and Construction Integration #Construction Project Management and Performance #D.2.9 #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Software Engineering (cs.SE) #Software Engineering Techniques and Practices

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1904.11540

openalex publication_date 2019/04/11 · openalex created_date 2019/05/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Software engineering (SE) undergoes an ontological crisis and it lacks of a theory. Why? Among other reasons, because always it succumbed to the pragmatism demanded by the commercial and political interests and abandoned any intention to become a science instead of a professional discipline. For beginning a discussion for define a theory of software, first, is required to know what software is.

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