Talk:Larry Constantine

Neutrality Dispute
Apparently User:Nehwyn has taken it upon himself to declare the "neutrality" of this article into question but hasn't stated his/her reasons for doing so.

For the purpose of starting the discussion, I would like to refer to a few Wikipidia article where Larry Constantine is cited as a pioneer in the field of software development:


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_Systems_Analysis_and_Design_Method
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohesion_%28computer_science%29
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_%28computer_science%29
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_flow_diagram
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_Programming

The Wikipedian who started this biographical sketch on Larry Constantine has identified a leading figure in the field of computer science. The author has not provided much to prove his assertions and I agree that more work needs to be done. Nonetheless, I am personally happy to see that someone has started the process of creating a biography for Mr. Constantine.

I can see no reason to question the author's "neutrality". Please be so kind as to explain your rationale.

If we can find some common ground here, I'll be happy to put some work into this article if the original other does not. Best regards, YORD-the-unknown 17:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I think there is no question about it that Larry Constantine is a pioneer in the field of software development. I do think the section around strutured design was not appropriate for Wikipedia. Now I removed teh following text there:


 * Structured Design was arguably the first Methodology, and still remains the most influential, indeed, Constantine has as good a claim as anyone else to have invented that field... Many other methodologies have been developed since, and almost all have been strongly influenced by Structured Design, right up to the latest Unified Process and Unified Modelling Language for Object Oriented and aspect oriented Software Engineering. Indeed, so pervasive has been Structured Design's influence that the most recent methodologies - the so-called Agile software development Methodologies - and Kent Beck's "Extreme Programming" in particular, define themselves primarily by the ways in which their approaches *differ* from Structured Design - as in the Agile Manifesto, or even in the choice of the name "Extreme Programming".


 * I think a text like this could fit if references in an article about structured design. But since there is none, a first step should be to write one.
 * -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 15:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * P.S. One other thing. Wikipedia articles can be used as a notable source to confirm "Larry beeing a pioneer".

Career summary moved to talk page

 * Career
 * Professor, Department of Mathematics & Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal [2006 --]
 * Director, Laboratory for Usage-Centered Software Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal [2006 --]
 * Chief Scientist, Principal Consultant, Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd. [1993 --]
 * Professor of Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. [1994 - 2003]
 * Independent Consultant. [1987 - 1993]
 * Clinical Supervisor, Adolescent and Family Intervention, LUK, Inc., Fitchburg, Mass. [1984 - 1986]
 * Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (adjunct), University of Connecticut. [1983 - 1987]
 * Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University, School of Medicine. [1973 - 1980].
 * Director of Research, Concord (Massachusetts) Family Service Society. [1973]
 * Faculty member, I.B.M. Systems Research Institute. [1968 - 1972]
 * President, Information & Systems Institute, Inc. [1966 - 1968]
 * Post-graduate program instructor, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. [1967]
 * Staff Consultant, Programmer/Analyst, C E I R, Inc. [1963 - 1966]
 * Technical Aid/Programmer, M.I.T. Laboratory for Nuclear Science. [1963]

Source: Larry.Constantine at uma.pt.

I moved the above section here, because this is partly already mentioned in the biography and the rest should be integrated in the format. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 17:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I have added the source where the career summary came from. -- Marcel Douwe Dekker (talk) 13:34, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

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Children and Sexuality
In addition to his book published on child sexuality, he was quoted in Time Magazine in 1981 advocating for a consent model of sexual conduct between children and adults. This seems note worthy as a publicly expressed view on child/adult behavior.

https://time.com/vault/issue/1981-09-07/page/101/ 76.115.88.166 (talk) 16:52, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Kenneth Lanning and Ann Wolbert Burgess in *FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin*, January 1984, cites Constantine's *Children and Sex* in an article on "Child Pornography and Sex Rings" (page 10), linking him with a social movement advocating for the erosion of child/adult distinctions in sexuality:

"Also, self-styled therap­ists are publicly arguing that the issue under debate is the child's per­ception of consent and freedom of choice." https://leb.fbi.gov/file-repository/archives/january-1984.pdf/view

For Constantine's perspectives/words, his co-written and co-edited book on the subject can be found on archive.org. Chapters authored by Constantine: https://archive.org/details/childrensexnewfi0000unse/page/254/mode/2up
 * Child Sexuality: Here there be Dragons page 3
 * The Effects of Early Sexual Experience page 217
 * Sexual Rights of Children: Implications of a Radical Perspective page 255