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- From: henley@eng.auburn.edu (James Paul Henley)
- Subject: Re: Is Borland the leader in technology?
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:42:34 GMT
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- In article <BzBMIq.AHB@cs.uiuc.edu> johnson@cs.uiuc.edu (Ralph Johnson) writes:
- >
- >One thing that software engineers have a lot of experience with is being
- >thrown on projects and having to learn new fields and build systems that
- >are completely new to them. We have learned that there is no substitute
- >to learning the problem domain, that if you don't know the problem domain
- >then you will end up working on the wrong problems to solve. It takes a
- >lot of hard work and lots of communication to figure out the right problems
- >to solve and figure out how to build the right systems. People who want
- >quick fixes are usually headed for trouble.
- >
- >Now, none of us know the problems you are trying to solve. I don't
- >understand what you want. However, when I see you write that you expect
- >people to communicate primarily by tossing pieces of code back and forth,
- >I expect you are not likely to be successful.
- >
- >Why are you posting to this newsgroup? What it is that you are looking
- >for? This is not a crank comment; I'd like to know.
- >
- >-Ralph Johnson
-
- I have tried to give a sample of the type of problem that I am trying to
- solve. I tried not to go into too many details online, but I will gladly
- fill you in on the details by email. You will find, however, that the
- problem description gets quite long when you get down to the minute details
- that have to be considered. I certainly don't *expect* people to
- communicate by tossing around pieces of code, I am simply telling you how
- it *is* done. If you like, I can give a problem statement, and a piece of
- code, and let you decide which makes more sense to you.
-
- Dr. James P. Henley Jr.
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Auburn University
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