Bertrand Meyer's technology+ blog
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Science progresses through people taking advantage of others’ insights and inventions. One of the conditions that makes the game possible is that you acknowledge what you take. For the originator, it is rewarding to see one’s ideas reused, but frustrating when that happens without acknowledgment, especially when you are yourself punctilious about citing your own … Read more
Extrait d’un article dans Le Monde d’hier, signé Juliette Bénézit (sur un problème sérieux : l’inadéquation des services en ligne pour les cartes de séjour pour étrangers) : il s’agit d’une problématique particulièrement prégnante en Ile-de-France Diable ! Quels termes galants pour dire que le problème est particulièrement aigu dans cette belle région ! En … Read more
Let us assume for the sake of the argument that software quality matters. There are many ingredients to software quality, of which one must be the care that every programmer devotes to the job. The Personal Software Process, developed by Watts Humphrey in the 1990s [1], prescribes a discipline that software developers should apply to … Read more