The Business of Software: The Ontology of Paper.

The article discusses software engineering in which software is used to develop software. Compilers convert a text form of instructions into machine instructions executable by a machine, the author states. Topics include integrated development environments (IDEs) which are mostly word processors wit...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 23 - 25
Autor principal: Armour, Phillip G.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jan2009
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Sumario:The article discusses software engineering in which software is used to develop software. Compilers convert a text form of instructions into machine instructions executable by a machine, the author states. Topics include integrated development environments (IDEs) which are mostly word processors with specific look-up processes, what the act of putting knowledge onto pieces of paper does to the knowledge itself, and computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools used to store knowledge in a variety of formats including tables.