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,e3e7d893814d123f,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e3e7d893814d123f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,e3e7d893814d123f,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,e3e7d893814d123f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: geldridg@progsoc.uts.edu.au Subject: Yes: A WWW Site for the Draft Ariane Critique Paper! Date: 1997/07/22 Message-ID: <869584129.11551@dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 258145461 To: kennieg@flash.net X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/2.02 (Win95; I) X-Originating-IP-Addr: 192.189.54.58 (myeah.connect.com.au) Organization: Eiffel Liberty Journal X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Jul 22 15:08:55 1997 GMT X-Authenticated-Sender: geldridg@progsoc.uts.edu.au Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: The discussion regarding Design by Contract in the Ariane context has been long (and will no doubt continue for sometime yet). While most of it has been `negative' (from the Eiffel/DBC point of view), it does raise the profile of Design by Contract (DBC) and Bertrand Meyer's innovative (and useful) ideas. As Bertrand Meyer stated on Sunday these discussions are: ``.. in part healthy, as they force the methodologists to clarify their ideas, refine them, and avoid overselling..'' Hence the decision to provide a WWW version of the `Draft' Ariane Critique paper from a pre-release `Eiffel Liberty Journal' (elj) Sub-Site at: http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~geldridg/eiffel/ariane/ A newsgroup posting is not the right place for a 672 line (> 80 column) posting. It is too long and its life is too short (apart from places like DejaNews) to be useful. The paper also has many cross-references which are easily navigated on the web. It is hoped that the online version will facilitate a more thorough review of the draft and ultimately a paper that supporters of both sides (and even `fence-sitters' and the `unaware') will learn from. Finally, behind the Ariane/DBC discussion in the Ariane Critique, (whether you agree with it or not) there is a rare glimpse into processes that occur within Real-Time Software Development projects. This `glimpse' should prove useful to DBC practioners and methodologists in appying their trade of DBC to this field. [ Note: I offer my own humble experience with and support for ] [ DBC in another post. ] It is my hope that DBC will be widely adopted and that DBC will ``surface'' as a sound ``methodological principle'' and one for which: ``.. all the rhetoric in the world will not prevent its diffusion.'' .. Bertrand Meyer (20 Jul 97) Geoff Eldridge -- geldridg@progsoc.uts.edu.au -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet