Rational Edge Design Papers

[Al Christians <alc@PublicPropertySoftware.com>]

See:

http://www.therationaledge.com/content/jan_01/f_craftsci_kb.html


I've read this paper without getting a real good idea how one would
follow the method to construct larger progams out of the simple
components described.  

I'm thinking that to implement a complicated process, one needs a way to 
hierarchically combine or connect the data flow controllers that control 
simple processes.  Are the data flow controllers allowed to control each
other?  If so, is a strict hierarchy the best way to combine them?  Is
it ok for me to have lots of single-instance buffers that I call 
I/O servers and use to pass data from one data flow controller to
another?

The typical application that I would like to imagine is the simple
100-screen vertical-market business app.  The author of the 
Rational piece seems to hint that concurrency is the way to do it,
but I'm wary of that. 

TIA for any discussion.


Al