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		nandemo on Nov 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: World's tallest skyscraper to be built in just 90 ... In one of his talks Alan Kay compares software development with civil engineering, claiming the former is still at the level of pyramid building.

drsim on Nov 20, 2012 [–]

There are certainly similarities, but civil engineering when compared to software engineering methodologies is closer to waterfall. And waterfall isn't the most efficient way to turn out software.

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