Jan, >> Why the culture of academic software engineering ignores >> empirical results is another questions. > >Or could it be that experiments are difficult to do, getting subjects with >enough time to do things, etc?
The evidence does not support that argument. There are plenty of disciples when vast amounts of time and money are spent running experiments. The probe currently orbiting Saturn being an extreme example. I think the reason is culturally based. Academics who want to get ahead (whatever that means in an academic context) need the approval of their peers. As more than one academic has pointed out to me that the cost/benefit of experiments/empirical work makes it unattractive. So academic software engineering would appear to be locked into a vicious circle. derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([email protected]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
