It has been my experience that good engineering isn't about form vs.  
function, but about how to create the most elegant solution to a  
problem.

Now, with that said, there are engineers who I have known that would  
rather "bang the thing out" - they are most frustrating lot to deal  
with because what happens is you end up coming back to that "banged   
out" product time and time again in order to fix the bugger.

There is also the sad case when your hardware design is dictated by  
those with the least amount of knowledge to make those decisions. Many  
engineers have at least ONE product they worked on (if not more) where  
the processing power was inadequate for the design.

Elegant designs are far more satisfying to my soul than form or  
function.

Cheers,

Lloyd

On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:42 PM, Dr Skip wrote:

> So, as an engineer, I value function with form, knowing that at  
> least where
> humans are involved (even human engineers) there are subtle  
> efficiencies to be
> had throughout the whole of the lifetime of whatever device or  
> software I
> design that aren't 'just' form or function alone. I also benefit  
> from these
> efficiencies (even as an engineer) should I be the engineer who has  
> to use it.
>
>
> Peter Onion wrote:
>> On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 09:51 -0400, Dr Skip wrote:
>>
>> Probably because this list is mostly populated by engineers, who  
>> value
>> function over form :)
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