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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,3488d9e5d292649f X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-01 11:17:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!nf3.bellglobal.com!cyclone.mw.ipsvc.net!news.mw.ipsvc.net!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.tampabay.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Frank Clarke Newsgroups: comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Quality (Re: status of PL/I as a viable language) Message-ID: References: <1045856952.418085@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E60AD4A.78002872@yahoo.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 19:17:00 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.32.93.61 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.tampabay.rr.com 1046546220 65.32.93.61 (Sat, 01 Mar 2003 14:17:00 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 14:17:00 EST Organization: RoadRunner - Tampa Bay Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.pl1:4472 comp.lang.ada:34779 Date: 2003-03-01T19:17:00+00:00 List-Id: On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 12:56:42 GMT, Peter Flass wrote: <3E60AD4A.78002872@yahoo.com> >That's what prototyping is for. Nothing shows up design weknesses >faster than a good prototype. Then scrap what you have (if necessary) >and do the *real* design. Reminiscent of what Fred Brooks said: when you plan a project you should plan to do it twice -- once to find out what you're really dealing with, the second to solve the problem.