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Re:Software Architecture Guide by billfruit on Saturday August 24, 2019 @10:31AM (#20787326)
Programming in general and Software correctness does not depend upon statistical arguments, so perhaps such a view could be taken for software engineering too.

Also even considering aesthetics and elegance, I find use of statistics to power a reasoning, ungainly, compared with other means of arguing the same thing.

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Re:Software Architecture Guide by crimsonalucard on Saturday August 24, 2019 @12:50PM (#20788195)
You're right. Why are you voted down. Programming doesn't need to be based on statistics it's largely a deterministic system amenable to proof and logic.

This application of "engineering" onto programming is largely the result of people not truly understanding the system they are dealing with. The system isn't some sub-sonic jet that will be subject to unknown turbulence, it's just axioms and rules.

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