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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by fghfghfghfghfgh on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:16AM (#34336286)
Can you elaborate on why you think the paper is flawed please?
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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by jimmyhmiller on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:59PM (#34342853)
I think all papers are flawed in their own way. So it is not meant as a slight. It is actually my favorite programming related paper. That said:

I think Naur was just a bit to vague and assumed background knowledge of Gilbert Ryle where most people don't have any. I think a lot of people finish reading the paper and don't realize what Naur's notion of theory is or how his radical conclusions follow.

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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by fghfghfghfghfgh on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:06AM (#34388799)
I don’t know Gilbert Ryle but I believe I understand the paper as intended.

What do they realize then instead?

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