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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8fbb80525a3ce8ee X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-14 07:43:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: prenom_nomus@yahoo.com (Mark) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: UML & Ada Date: 14 Dec 2001 07:43:24 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: <9tc0qk$cee$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9tem90$n3k$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9tgeqm$n1m$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <8qwM7.38249$xS6.62663@www.newsranger.com> <3C037EED.AB2A5AFD@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.83.100.212 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1008344605 25194 127.0.0.1 (14 Dec 2001 15:43:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Dec 2001 15:43:25 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17912 Date: 2001-12-14T15:43:25+00:00 List-Id: "> > Though few are familiar with it, there is a unified control/data flow > notation that was developed in the late 80s that was amazingly > expressive and easy to use. It was invented by William Bennett of Link > Flight Simulation and christened "Bennett notation". Anyone could be > taught it in five minutes, and we found that it scaled extremely well, > and aided the generation of clear depictions of process and control > flow. (We used Bennett in conjunction with Coad/Yourdon--CY to create > the object partitioning, and Bennett to capture the service > functionality. Would've worked just as well with OMT's class diagrams.) > > Even years after many of us left Link and the requirement to use it as > part of our jobs, we'll still employ it from time to time to help within > our current projects. > > The book documenting Bennett notation is "Visualizing Software", by > William S. Bennett, and published by Marcel Decker, ISBN 0-8247-8714-5. > www.quadruscorp.com Is there a Visio template or some other way to use this notation?(haven't seen the book yet)