Why Software is Hard

GoCanes writes "Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of 'Rosenberg's Law.' After almost 50 years, the state of the art is still pretty darn bad. His point is that as long as you're trying to do something that has already been done, then you have an adequate frame of reference to estimate how long it will take/cost. But if software is at all interesting, it's because no one else has done it before."

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Re:Programmers

[Anonymous Coward]

I think he is a fossil. He believes in the right to bear arms and doesn't believe in evolution. So his example doesn't surprise me.

Re:Programmers

[bennomatic]

It's not a question of political correctness; it's an issues of living in the real world.