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From: barriost@gtephx.UUCP (Tim Barrios)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Documenting OO Systems
Message-ID: <299@orbit.gtephx.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 91 20:20:49 GMT
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Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona
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In article <1991Mar22.120946.1@happy.colorado.edu>, hsrender@happy.colorado.edu writes:
> After all, which is more like English:
> 
> 	ADD 1 to A GIVING B
> 
> or 
> 	B := A + 1

right answer, wrong question.  we can all think of many
reasons why English isn't what's desirable here.  a language to most
accurately represent the problem domain (ie, software design or
requirements) is what is desired.  then, for most software engineering
application, the real question becomes which of the following is more
like engineering:

  add 1 to a.       english, business
  a := a + 1;       -- math, engineering, science
  a++;              // made-up; worrying too much about the underlying target

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Tim Barrios, AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, AZ
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