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AI Does Not Help Programmers

Getting past the"Wow" effect. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | June 3, 2023 at 04:08 AM

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What Do ChatGPT and AI-based Automatic Program Generation Mean for the Future of Software

ChatGPT is game-changing, the kind of thing that you witness once in a generation. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | December 23, 2022 at 12:23 PM

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How to Teach

Make technology boon, not bane. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | December 21, 2022 at 12:33 PM

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Statement Considered Harmful

Instructions are not statements. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | December 14, 2022 at 04:34 AM

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Logical Beats Sequential

Often, "we do this and then we do that" is just a lazy way of stating "to do that, we must have achieved this." Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | December 6, 2022 at 04:24 AM

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Not Your Grandmother's Textbook Exercise

Sarcasm, where you least expected it. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | September 1, 2022 at 03:47 PM

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The Legacy of Barry Boehm

One of the founders of software engineering as we know it. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | August 23, 2022 at 05:22 AM

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Can You Please Explain More Obscurely?

On the appropriate style for technical writing. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | May 16, 2022 at 09:42 AM

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Mental Self-Check

Who is crazy: the rest of the world, or I? Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | January 19, 2022 at 01:30 PM

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Not Worth a Thousand Words

Pictures are no substitute for substance. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | October 12, 2021 at 01:21 PM

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A Standard Plan for Modern Requirements

The ambitious systems that we develop today need a proper requirements structure. The plan defined here organizes requirements specification along four books, the... Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | July 20, 2021 at 12:12 PM

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Tips for Successful Examinations in the Age of Remote Education

Rather than fancying you can control Internet access, design exams to reward students who won't need it. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | February 17, 2021 at 05:13 PM

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Lessons From and For Online Teaching

The troika model for successful online teaching. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | February 9, 2021 at 03:52 PM

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Time to Resurrect PSP?

The Personal Software Process encourages programmer discipline. Largely forgotten, it does have a few wrinkles, but understanding and applying its core ideas remains... Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | December 14, 2020 at 04:37 PM

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What Everyone Knows and What No One Knows

Who cares about logic? Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | October 15, 2020 at 09:03 AM

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Things To Do To An Algorithm

What happens when people's fate hangs on machine learning? Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | September 6, 2020 at 03:47 PM

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Getting a Program Right (9) (last)

A correct program is one that works in all cases. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | March 16, 2020 at 02:01 PM

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Getting a Program Right (8)

The power of loop invariants. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | March 15, 2020 at 03:14 PM

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Getting a Program Right (7)

Have you run a program proof before? Now is your chance! Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | March 12, 2020 at 01:46 PM

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Getting a Program Right (6)

Thanks for your patience. Bertrand Meyer
From BLOG@CACM | March 9, 2020 at 03:22 PM