alt.engineering

Yup, you are right in most case it is not engineering, it is error-and-retry
thing. They are many ways to write the code to get the same result. Most
of them worked in the dark. Yes there is a true engineering if they use the
right tool to analyze the flow of their code. The shortest path with full
feature is the better.

> I really don't know if there should be such a thing as financial
> engineering either.

This one I agree 100%. Take American mortgage loan method, this is designed
to give the lender 500 - 1000% profits the 1st 5-10 yrs, when they show you
the math, they made it look low. Americans know how to fuck people well,
even their own people.

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"walterbyrd" wrote in message
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>I happen to believe that the discipline of "software engineering" can
> be as rigorous as other, more tranditional, engineering. I also
> believe that nobody deserves to be called an "engineer" unless that
> person has, at least, a four year degree in engineering.
>
> Software engineering typically does not require the knowledge of
> chemistry, or physics, that is required of the more traditional
> engineering. But, I don't know that civil engineering requires that
> either.
>
> I really don't know if there should be such a thing as financial
> engineering either.
>