The Problem With Software by Adam Barr

Author:Adam Barr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Software; computer programming; computer science; software engineering; software development; software testing; computers; programming; computer education; women in software; women in computing
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2018-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

The authors then proceed to compare actual object-oriented programmers to procedural programmers as they analyze a problem and talk through a solution. It’s good stuff, but unfortunately rare for an OOPSLA paper.

Even better is a 1991 paper titled “An Empirical Study of the Object-Oriented Paradigm and Software Reuse.” It starts with the obligatory group mea culpa:

While little or no empirical validation exists for many of software engineering’s basic assumptions, the need for scientific experimentation remains clear. … The use of precise, repeatable experiments to validate any claim is the hallmark of a mature scientific or engineering discipline. Far too often, claims made by software engineers remain unsubstantiated because they are inherently difficult to validate or because their intuitive appeal seems to dismiss the need for scientific confirmation.41

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