Re:A short fable of software engineering vs. regular enginee...
by csours on Sunday January 10, 2016 @07:32PM
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As a counterpoint, I'm a software tester on a project right now that has:
* Several of the component programs read from multiple config files
* Manual registry settings
* Config files have True/False, On/Off, and Yes/No settings.
* The version is reported to a db on program run, but the version is read from an xml file, not the program.
It is true that a new car program can take 5 years or more to roll out, but at least it actually happens. This system has been in use for at least 15 years, and it just keeps getting kludged.
* Several of the component programs read from multiple config files
* Manual registry settings
* Config files have True/False, On/Off, and Yes/No settings.
* The version is reported to a db on program run, but the version is read from an xml file, not the program.
It is true that a new car program can take 5 years or more to roll out, but at least it actually happens. This system has been in use for at least 15 years, and it just keeps getting kludged.