From: ell@access2.digex.net (Ell)
Subject: Re: Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE tools)
Date: 1996/11/13
Date: 1996-11-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56ckvl$9j5@news4.digex.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 328903AD.2786@concentric.net
Alan Lovejoy (alovejoy@concentric.net) wrote:
: Bill Gooch wrote:
: > I'd like to hear more about how you think design can be done
: > independent of language, and what such a "design" would look
: > like. I can see that the most abstract levels of design can
: > be language-independent, but refinement from this level is an
: > essential aspect (IMO) of doing good design. Such refinement
: > necessarily goes down through layers including language, frame-
: > work, database,... dependencies; in fact, it takes into account
: > *all* requirements, including hardware constraints.
: Oh dear. I think what we have here is merely :-) a terminology problem.
:
: There is a difference between design methodology, the process of producing a design,
: and the result of that process. Unfortunately, the term "design" (without modifiers)
: can be applied to any or all of these things.
As I observe, most in the software engineering area use the term "design"
similar to what Gooch is saying above. *Implementation* of analysis.
Otherwise there is a muddle.
Elliott
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1996-11-06 0:00 Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE tools) Dong Oh Kim
1996-11-06 0:00 ` Paul_Gover
1996-11-06 0:00 ` Snowball
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Peter Pflaum
1996-11-13 0:00 ` David N. Smith
1996-11-06 0:00 ` Jan Steinman
1996-11-07 0:00 ` Paul_Gover
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Snowball
1996-11-15 0:00 ` Soren Skogstad Nielsen
1996-11-28 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-28 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-06 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-07 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-10 0:00 ` Vlastimil Adamovsky
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Anthony Menio
1996-11-18 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-20 0:00 ` Anthony Menio
1996-11-27 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Anthony Menio
1996-11-18 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-19 0:00 ` Anthony Menio
1996-11-27 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-10 0:00 ` drs
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Daniel Drasin
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Anthony Menio
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Paul_Gover
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Ell
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Ell
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
[not found] ` <6KZQfjK-3RB@herold.franken.de>
1996-11-10 0:00 ` Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE t Chris
1996-11-10 0:00 ` Vlastimil Adamovsky
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE tools) Bill Gooch
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Jan Steinman
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-14 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Ell [this message]
1996-11-14 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-11-19 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
1996-11-10 0:00 ` vlad
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-14 0:00 ` David N. Smith
1996-11-14 0:00 ` Bill Gooch
1996-11-20 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-11-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-20 0:00 ` Michael Malak
1996-11-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-26 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-12-03 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1996-12-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-11-07 0:00 ` Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE t Joachim Durchholz
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-11-09 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-11-27 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Alan Lovejoy
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Nick Thurn
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Paul_Gover
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Anthony Menio
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE tools) David N. Smith
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Anthony Menio
1996-11-08 0:00 ` Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE t Joachim Durchholz
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Alaric B. Williams
1996-11-13 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-11-11 0:00 ` Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE tools) Cesar A. Gonzalez Perez
1996-11-12 0:00 ` Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE t Joachim Durchholz
1996-11-20 0:00 ` Piercarlo Grandi
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