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Re: Object Oriented Analysis Is An Oxymoron

Subject: Re: Object Oriented Analysis Is An Oxymoron
From: Sandy Harris <sandy -at- storm -dot- ca>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:03:55 -0700


Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

How would you write a functional description or theory of
operation if you don't understand how the system works?

For a "theory of operation", that understanding is indeed
necessary. For a functional description -- what it does
rather than how it works -- it is largely irrelevant. In
fact, in some cases knowing too much about the internals
makes getting that sort of description harder.


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Object Oriented Analysis Is An Oxymoron: From: Tony Markos
Re: Object Oriented Analysis Is An Oxymoron: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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