From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: tbushell@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Tom Bushell) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1996/12/12 Message-ID: <32af06e3.408629080@news.nstn.ca>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 203752516 references: <32A4659D.347A@shef.ac.uk> <32a5ceba.81462731@news.nstn.ca> <32A885CF.5530@csn.net> <32a98036.46416970@news.nstn.ca> <32AE43EB.7A0B@csn.net> organization: Telekinetics newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1996-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 23:17:33 -0600, Roger Vossler wrote: >As far as point 1 is concerned, I would like to known more about >where engineering design/implementation dichotomy breaks down >with software. Tried to explain this in another post - hope it makes sense! >OTOH, I have no doubt that software could use >a strong dose of engineering discipline. My belief as well. Just think we have to choose carefully what we steal from other disciplines. >Concerning point 2: wow, is this ever true. I read the books and >papers by the gurus and then program using several different >languages, frameworks, IDEs, etc. with the result that it takes >real work to bridge the gap. A lot of arm waving takes place >between OOA/D and working with a real system. Glad I'm not the only one with bruises from the leap. (And as others have related, sometimes it's more like a Roadrunner cartoon - that looooong plummet to the bottom of the canyon...) -Tom ---------------------------------------------------------- Tom Bushell * Custom Software Development Telekinetics * Process Improvement Consulting 2653 Highway 202 * Technical Writing RR#1, Elmsdale, NS B0N 1M0 (902)632-2772 Email: tbushell@fox.nstn.ns.ca ----------------------------------------------------------