First things first: If software engineering is the solution, then what is the problem? (1904.11540v1)
Abstract: Software engineering (SE) undergoes an ontological crisis and it lacks of a theory. Why? Among other reasons, because always it succumbed to the pragmatism demanded by the commercial and political interests and abandoned any intention to become a science instead of a professional discipline. For beginning a discussion for define a theory of software, first, is required to know what software is.
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