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=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 11cae8,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid11cae8,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: rmartin@oma.com (Robert C. Martin) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1996/12/16 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 204478282 references: <32B3B440.46CF@possibility.com> <591qfn$eo3@panix.com> organization: Object Mentor Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lnag.java,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1996-12-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > On 12/15/96 Todd Hoff wrote: > > >Building large software systems > >is fundamentally a social activity, technology isn't even > >a close second. With the right tribe of people i'd build a system > >using carrier pigeons. If it's not the right tribe all the > >money, tools, and consultants won't make a difference. I agree that you have to have the right people on the team. However, you must also have the right technology. If you don't have the technology, you can't build the project. Building large software systems is a technical activity that requires social interaction. Both aspects are critically important. -- Robert C. Martin | Design Consulting | Training courses offered: Object Mentor | rmartin@oma.com | Object Oriented Design 14619 N Somerset Cr | Tel: (847) 918-1004 | C++ Green Oaks IL 60048 | Fax: (847) 918-1023 | http://www.oma.com "One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'" -- Carl Sagan