Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Ethical software engineer

Just saw the following quote at the web site http://www.sysprog.net/quotlang.html

It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter. (Nathaniel S Borenstein)

It's such a thin line between being ethical and unethical

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