Re: Users of the BON notation among Ada users ?

[Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Nicholas Collin Paul Gloucester a �crit :
> On 2009-01-13, Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr> wrote:
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> |"Martyn Pike a ?crit :                                                      |
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> |> I have often wondered why HOOD and HRT-HOOD have not remained popular     |
> |> within the Ada community.  Or perhaps they have - anyone care to comment ?|
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> |Because, unlike UML, they are not simply notations, but true design         |
> |*methods*. They drive the design process through a precise engineering      |
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> They do not.
Of course the do! And they always did, since the very first days of
HOOD. Actually, HOOD is firstly a design method, the notation being
there only to help the design.

(FYI: I am the one who wrote the description of the full design process
for the official HOOD book).

> [SNIP long discussion about HRT-HOOD]
Please do no focuss on HRT-HOOD. It was a branch from HOOD-3, intended
for a specific purpose.

When talking about HOOD, please refer to the latest version, HOOD 4.

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