There is no much science in software development.

Science implies there is proof that something is true. In software, there are a lot of opinions and there is experience.

– Is there any proof that one programming language is better than another?

  • No

– Is there proof that object-oriented programming results in better productivity?

  • No

Most proofs are about performance measurements, and there are statistics, but hardly any relation to what language a program was written in or what tools were used.

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It is not art either.

since the main goal is that software works well, not that it looks nice.

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It is much more of a craft.

A craftsman uses whatever tools he thinks will get the best result, no matter if they are what everybody else is using or something different.

And a good craftsman makes his own tools when needed.