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subjectComputer Applications
authorBertrand Meyer
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Logical Beats Sequential
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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."

Danke Sehr!
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Danke Sehr!

I was not sure what to talk about. And then from Wolfsburg (Germany), miracle struck!

The Robots Are Taking Over! (Perhaps Not Quite Yet)
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The Robots Are Taking Over! (Perhaps Not Quite Yet)

Programs fix themselves! Today! It's scary!

Those Who Say Code Does Not Matter
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Those Who Say Code Does Not Matter

Often, you will be told programming languages do not matter much. It is a pretty general rule that people arguing language does not matter are simply trying...

Software Engineering in the Venice of the North
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Software Engineering in the Venice of the North

ESEC-FSE 2013 (in Saint Petersburg,, 18-26 August) is the place to be for software engineering in 2013.

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John McCarthy

The contributions and personality of John McCarthy, one of the pioneers of computer science.

Fixing the Process of Computer Science Refereeing
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Fixing the Process of Computer Science Refereeing

There is a simple way to make refereeing better, almost overnight. It takes a bit of courage, but it would restore honesty and quality to the process.

The Rise of Empirical Software Engineering (II): What We Are Still Missing
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The Rise of Empirical Software Engineering (II): What We Are Still Missing

One obstacle is hampering the progress of empirical software engineering: we are still missing a culture of reproducibility

The Rise of Empirical Software Engineering (I): The Good News
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The Rise of Empirical Software Engineering (I): The Good News

Empirical software engineering papers, at places like the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), used to be terrible. There were exceptions, of...
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