Dijkstra et. al. on software development
In "Why is software so expensive?", Dijkstra wrote:
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He said many more good things in that paper.
To the economic question "Why is software so expensive?" the equally economic answer
could be "Because it is tried with cheap labour." Why is it tried that way? Because its
intrinsic difficulties are widely and grossly underestimated.
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The truth is that no one really knows how to do [software development] right.
That is why the methodologies switch around every few years. — "
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