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/ Comparing software engineering to classical engineering assumes that software \
| has the ability to wear out.  Software typically behaves, or it does not.  It |
| either works, or it does not.  Software generally does not degrade, abrade,   |
| stretch, twist, or ablate.  To treat it as a physical entity, therefore, is   |
| misapplication of our engineering skills.  Classical engineering deals with   |
| the characteristics of hardware; software engineering should deal with the    |
| characteristics of *software*, and not with hardware or management.           |
\                 -- Dan Klein                                                  /
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