SCHMIDT@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Christopher Schmidt) (12/29/87)
In the December 21 issue of "Aviation Week & Space Technology" on page 72 there is a short article summarizing a report produced by a task force of the Defense Science Board concerning the problems of software development/acquisition for the Department of Defense. The article covers a lot of territory, but I was pleased to read in the closing paragraphs: " Software development is labor-intensive and will remain so, the " report said, but has benefited from three breakthroughs in " methodology: " -High-level languages... " -Time sharing... " -Integrated programming environments such as Unix and Interlisp " that...at least double productivity. " --Christopher -------