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- From: lonjers@prc.unisys.com (Jim Lonjers)
- Subject: Re: Ada & PDL (ick !)
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 06:08:57 GMT
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- In article <EACHUS.92Dec10165132@oddjob.mitre.org> eachus@oddjob.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
- >
- > Detailed design is 90% concerned with the
- >package specificatations. Coding is 90% concerned with package bodies
- >and subunits. With a little bit of effort it is possible to have a
- >complete compilable design in Ada without writing a line of what would
- >be considered executable code in other languages.
- >
- > But...the problem that you mention does exist. It is hard to
- >have a hard and fast rule as to what is design and what is coding, and
- >use this to keep people from riding off the deep end. My attitude has
- >been that it is better to depend on good faith efforts by the
- >programming staff. If their goals are yours, the project will
- >succeed, if they consistantly try to subvert the project, no standards
- >or rules will help. The only case where you have to use judgement
- >with Ada is in determining when a "superprogrammer" is creating more
- >work than he is accomplishing, rather than flat out telling him to
- >stop coding or get off the project.
-
- Bob has stated my views rather accurately. This "completion criteria"
- problem is the same problem that one must consider in the transition from
- preliminary to detailed design, and to some extent, in trying to keep
- design material out of requirements analysis. There is no substitute for
- good engineering judgement.
-
- Jim Lonjers
-