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Subject:Re: Object Oriented Analysis Is An Oxymoron From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:46:29 -0400
I got the impression he was talking about the technical stuff that's on
a level we really do not care about (classes, pointers, and so forth).
But he seemed like he couldn't get out of here fast enough, so I doubt
whether I'll find out if my impression was correct.
John Posada wrote:
> Knowing HOW gives you the ability to pass on to your readers an
> understand of how it works, vs just doing something by rote and along
> with an understanding of how it does something comes how it DOESN'T
> do something, which allows you to pass on greater insight into how to
> use the application (vs how to follow your steps) and how to get
> around application shortcomings without making the shortcoming
> apparent.
>
> NO knowledge is wasted, unless you don't pass it on to your reader.
>>
>> --- Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>>> WHOA???? bucko??? Wellll partner, we need to
>>> understand WHAT the system does - not HOW it does it.
>>> HOW is design.
>>>
>>> Note: The end-users experience is basically the same
>>> thing as the interface design, but only a small part
>>> of design is in the interface.
>
>
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