Re: [OT] Why "Computer Science" - was Re: Packed Encoding Rules

[Norman Palardy <npalardy at great-white-software dot com>]

On 28-Feb-08, at 5:35 PM, Terry Ford wrote:

> I had a Permit to operate a Yard Diesel-Electric Locomotive which is
> commonly referred to as a  "Locomotive Engineer". But there is no
> mention of the word Engineer. It is simply Operator.
>
> A Locomotive Engineer would be a professional who designs these
> machines.
>
> Terry
>
> (PS. I live in the same country as Norman)

The word  Engineer a a professional designation is solely for use by  
"professional engineers" - civil, mechanical, etc and a Software  
Engineering degree does NOT make you a professional engineering here :)

"Engineer" has fairly strict legal ramifications here so I'm much  
(like if the bridge you designed falls down you get sued)

I'm much more comfortable with Software Architect as it's more  
descriptive an accurate in terms of describing the part science part  
art mixture of creating software
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