The Success of a Heavenly Marriage

Diomidis Spinellis

doi:10.1109/MS.2018.3571251

The Success of a Heavenly Marriage

Diomidis Spinellis^*

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Abstract

For a field that sprang out of a so-called software crisis, software engineering has done rather well over the past half-century. By riding on the coattails of Moore's law, it has progressed phenomenally. The field's achievements are visible through the large, complex, yet effective software systems that power our everyday lives. By looking at the drivers of the field's progress and taking stock of its achievements, we can appreciate the challenges in front of us and confidently plan for the future. This article is part of a theme issue on software engineering's 50th anniversary.

Original language	English
Article number	8474499
Pages (from-to)	3-6
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Software
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2018.3571251
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2018
Externally published	Yes

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software development
software engineering

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