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: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,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: 1996/12/20 Message-ID: <32ba6fc8.60815416@news.nstn.ca>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 205073355 references: <32A4659D.347A@shef.ac.uk> <32A71BC6.2D857063@arscorp.com> <32A82AFE.255A@possibility.com> <58bq8c$3n6@news.utdallas.edu> <32ABCB1F.5207@possibility.com> <32b016d4.3487487@nntp.interaccess.com> <32B125E0.7880@calfp.co.uk> <32b55196.1250002@nntp.interaccess.com> <32B65D6C.6F10@deep.net> <32b7181e.2647652@news.nstn.ca> <599g39$l5v@gaia.ns.utk.edu> organization: Telekinetics newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1996-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On 19 Dec 1996 06:36:05 GMT, jdege@jdege.visi.com (Jeffrey C. Dege) wrote: >>Is it really? Can a painting communicate subtle ideas as clearly as >>literature? > >Easily. Can painting communicate non-visual ideas as _precisely_ as >literature? Not a chance. "How is a raven like a writing desk?" -The Mad Hatter My whole point here is to grope towards better ways to think about and represent software systems. Do I think a software system is like a painting? No. Do I think a software system is like a novel or other work of literature, designed to be read from start to finish? No. Do you? Do I think a software system is like a technical document or user's manual - highly structured, and designed to be read non-linearly? Sort of. Do I think a software system is like an electronic schematic - emphasizing connection and flow - in parallel? You betcha! ;-) -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 ----------------------------------------------------------