DOI: 10.1145/506218.506231. Searching for the holy grail of software engineering

Searching for the holy grail of software engineering

10.1145/506218.506231

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Abstract

`But my project is different' really is a valid response.

Bibliography

Glass, R. L. (2002). Searching for the holy grail of software engineering. Communications of the ACM, 45(5), 15â16.

Authors 1

Robert L. Glass (first)

References 4 Referenced 14

{'volume-title': 'Wall Street Journal (Oct. 23', 'year': '2000', 'author': 'Anders J.', 'key': 'e_1_2_1_1_1'} / Wall Street Journal (Oct. 23 by Anders J. (2000)
{'volume-title': 'Wall Street Journal (Oct. 23', 'year': '2000', 'author': 'Bannon L.', 'key': 'e_1_2_1_2_1'} / Wall Street Journal (Oct. 23 by Bannon L. (2000)
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10.1145/273035.273070

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Type	When
Created	23 years, 1 month ago (July 28, 2002, 7:12 p.m.)
Deposited	2 months, 2 weeks ago (June 18, 2025, 3:05 p.m.)
Indexed	2 months, 2 weeks ago (June 18, 2025, 3:40 p.m.)
Issued	23 years, 4 months ago (May 1, 2002)
Published	23 years, 4 months ago (May 1, 2002)
Published Online	23 years, 4 months ago (May 1, 2002)
Published Print	23 years, 4 months ago (May 1, 2002)

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BibTeX

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