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,de98d0782a843079 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-13 14:16:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Problem space and solution space Date: 13 May 2003 22:15:46 +0100 Organization: Pushface Sender: simon@smaug.pushface.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1052860575 25961 62.49.19.209 (13 May 2003 21:16:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:16:15 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37303 Date: 2003-05-13T22:15:46+01:00 List-Id: "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" writes: > "Robert I. Eachus" wrote: > >working on our (Ada) compiler: "No, in Ada you model the problem > >space, not the solution space." I then excused myself for a minute > >to write it on my office whiteboard. > > Suddenly I realized that this statement has even more value that I > thought when I saw it yesterday first time. Naming "solution space" > explicitly, and placing it at the same level (within the statement) > with "problem space" leads to very interesting glimpse: potentially, > parts of "solution space" may be viewed as a "problem space" of > software development process, and with that view some shaky or too > empirical things in software engineering arsenal can acquire more or > less solid ground (and thus be used in less chaotic manner). See also http://www.omg.org/mda/