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: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: ell@access1.digex.net (Ell) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1996/12/11 Message-ID: <58mk55$gqf@news4.digex.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 203508602 organization: The Universe followup-to: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1996-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Todd Knarr (tknarr@xmission.com) wrote: : In <32a98036.46416970@news.nstn.ca>, tbushell@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Tom Bushell) writes: : >1. The design/implementation dichotomy that works well in other : >engineering disciplines does not map to software. : >Think we've got a new thread here - "What's wrong with formal design?" : All too often, though, the "systems analysts" hand me a design document : which I'm supposed to implement which is exactly the programming : equivalent of that 1000-foot single-span stone bridge. The role of the system architect(s) is to translate analysis into physical design. It's nice when the analysts know, but any self-respecting architect should definietly know about technical building materials. Elliott