Software is not like "building a house" and is not like a sculpture and is not like a cake because software is (mostly) notional not physical.

I don't see the difference. Could you explain how the physical attributes change the analogies?

	▲	fragmede 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
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	▲	igouy 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The physical constraints govern the development processes described in the analogies. The process for software is not constrained in that way.

Yeah the point is about design philosophy. The physicality or not is irrelevant.

Demonstrate that is so. Provide examples that are not physical.

No. You just don't understand what I'm talking about.

	▲	igouy 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Perhaps if you talked about software instead of house-building, sculpture, cakes …