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- From: rmartin@oma.com (Robert C. Martin)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Design language?
- Date: 13 Mar 1996 13:56:09 GMT
- Organization: Object Mentor
- Message-ID: <RMARTIN.96Mar13075609@rcm.oma.com>
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- In-reply-to: jasons@ngc.com's message of Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:16:28 GMT
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-
- = >I would like to find information about object oriented design
- = >languages. I am interested in some language to describe an
- = >object oriented design (Booch, OMT, or something like
- = >that). Such a language would permit to describe a system in an
- = >independent coding language manner an then generate the real
- = >code with some tool.
-
- You might want to take a look at the work Steve Mellor and Sally Shlaer have
- been doing at Project Technologies (http://www.projtech.com). They
- have created a set of design tools which can completely specify an
- application in a "language independent" manner. They also have tools
- that can then translate that application into a number of different
- programming languages and target platforms.....
-
- You may also be interested in Rational Rose (http://www.rational.com)
- which can translate Booch or OMT into a number of different language.
- Rose does not claim to do 100% translation. Some coding in the target
- language is still required.
-
- Frankly, my own preference is the latter. I remain somewhat skeptical
- of an emphasis which is completely upon 100% translation. It seems to
- me that then one has just replaced one language for another.
- Morevoer, there has been a tendency in some circles to concentrate
- upon translation to the exclusion of good OOD engineering. It's the
- old problem: when you buy a new hammer, everything starts to look
- like it needs pounding.
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