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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: The shape of software
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Date: 9 Jul 90 14:21:08 GMT
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/ comp.object / psrc@mtunq.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) / Jul  8, 1990 /
> ... [object-oriented design] can't compare with
> top down design in terms of being an algorithm for developing software;
> to do OOD, you think about the problem until you understand it all, and
> then you implement it from the design in your head.

OOD does not rule out top-down design.  The difference is that in
functional decomposition, you are decomposing actions, and in top-down OOD,
you're decomposing actors.

Jacob
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