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From: haim@taichi.uucp (24122-Haim Kilov(L028)m000)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Pictorial Case Tools
Message-ID: <1991May28.165251.4840@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
Date: 28 May 91 16:52:51 GMT
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With respect to:

"A person's ability to think about a problem depends on their ability to
express the relevant aspects of the problem in some sort of precise
language which is easy to use. The language may be verbal or visual.

The question becomes, "Do bubbles and arcs express some relevant aspect
of the system being designed in a convenient and precise language?" "

-- the most important question seems to be: "do bubbles and arcs represent
a _precise_ language?"


--Haim Kilov
haim@bcr.cc.bellcore.com