I'm not one who believes mainstream large-scale software development really deserves the title of "computer science " (or "software engineering " for that matter). However, I have been thinking lately that there is an interesting analogy between good software development and good scientific theories...

Uwe Keim posted a thought provoking comment in response to my entry about Linq . Here is an excerpt: I do see the benefits, but I also have a big déjà vû: The C#-language seems to go the C++-way, where I, even after 10 years of programming, don't know all of the features and sometimes still wonder...