Invisible wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> "Attempting to put software to a schedule is analogous to solving 
>> Turing's
>> halting problem for a given input."
> 
> ...except that the Halting Problem requires you to be able to analyse 
> arbitrarily complex programs, whereas useful software is not usually 
> arbitrarily complex. <insert remark about government projects here>

The real problem with putting software on a schedule is that during 
development a program is being written for the first time, and for that 
reason nobody really *knows* how long it will take.  Sure, the boss can 
guess how long it will take, based on experience with similar projects, 
but at the very best he/she is making an educated guess.

Regards,
John

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