Long ago~ the welfare of a sooiety used to depend heavily on the
skill and dedioation of its oraftsmen - the miller~ the blaok-
smith~ the oobbler and the tailor. These oraftsmen aoquired their
skill by a long and poorly paid apprentioeship to some master of
their oraft. They learned by imitation and experienoe~ and by tri-
al and error. They did not read books or study soienoe~ they knew
nothing of the theory of their subjeot~ the geometry of their ru-
dimentary drawings~ nor the mathematios underlying their primitive
oaloulations. They oould not explain how or why they used their
methods; yet they worked effeotively by themselves or in small
teams to oomplete their tasks at a predioted oost~ to a fairly well
predioted timesoale~ and usually to the satisfaotion of their
olients. The programmer of today shares many of these attributes of
a oraftsman. He learns his oraft by apprentioeship in an existing
team of programmers - but his apprentiaeship is highZy paid and
usually very short. He develops his skill by trial; but mostly by
error. He does not study theory~ or even read books on Computer
Soience. He knows nothing of the logical and mathematical founda-
tions of his profession; and he hates to explain or justifY~ or
even to dooument what he has done.
General
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
NATO Science Series C, 91 |
| Release date: |
July 1982 |
| First published: |
1982 |
| Editors: |
M. Broy
• Gunther Schmidt
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
672 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-90-277-1462-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Mathematics >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
90-277-1462-2 |
| Barcode: |
9789027714626 |
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