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: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: williams@utkux4.utcc.utk.edu (Myles Williams) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1996/12/06 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 202806374 sender: williams@utkux4.utcc.utk.edu references: <32A4659D.347A@shef.ac.uk> <32A8631E.4CB0@pobox.com> organization: Spatula City newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1996-12-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <32A8631E.4CB0@pobox.com> Ranjan Bagchi writes: > That would be the New York Times database, created by IBM circa 1970. > It was the first full-scale application of structured programming, and > was completed early and under budget with approximately 0.25 > defects/kLOC. Wow.. that's impressive. It also indicates to me that flagship projects in any methodology seem to be incredibly successful. Perhaps it's because world-class engineers are working on it and they're just succesful regardless of technology or tools or anything. The suggestion, though, may be that I tend to think it's because the people working on it are familiar with the methodology in its original incarnation, before marketers and "armchair experts" corrupt it. That's why, whenever someone needs an explanation of OO, I direct them to the work by Parnas and co. in the 70s. -- Myles Williams "When you see me again, it won't be me." http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/%7Ewilliams/freeos | Guide to free | operating system kernels