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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87882caa9ec660b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-04 03:29:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!feeder.via.net!sjc1.nntp.concentric.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!newsfeed.ozemail.com.au!ozemail.com.au!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B6BCEDE.55699A09@ozemail.com.au> From: Shayne Flint Reply-To: ainsliesoftware@ozemail.com.au Organization: Ainslie Software Pty Limited X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; I) X-Accept-Language: en,ja MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Which OO is in ?? References: <9kc0h3$ftu$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 1cust175.tnt3.cbr1.da.uu.net X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 996920978 210.84.37.175 (Sat, 04 Aug 2001 20:29:38 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 20:29:38 EST Distribution: world Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 20:30:54 +1000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11288 Date: 2001-08-04T20:30:54+10:00 List-Id: Hambut wrote: > Shlaer-Mellor is a possibility, but I believe that S-M vendors are > starting to re-align to UML. Shlaer-Mellor is a 'method'. UML is a no more than a 'notation'. They are different things. Models produced when using the Shlaer-Mellor 'method' can be 'represented' using different 'notations' including Shlaer-Mellor's notation or UML. So, this so-called 're-alignment' is no more than vendors supporting UML as a 'notation' - it has not changed the Shlaer-Mellor method in any way at all! BTW - Having just taught 140 3rd year students the Shlaer-Mellor method, I believe that software engineers can gain a great deal from a good understanding of what the Shlaer-Mellor method is all about, where UML fits in, and most importantly the benefits of the translative approach that Shaler-Mellor is (ie. the use of clearly defined rules to translate application models into code in accordance with a separately specified, and often reusable, architecture). ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Shayne Flint, MIEAust, CPEng shayne@ainslie-software.com -- Ainslie Software Pty Limited http://www.ainslie-software.com ------------------------------------------------------------------