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RE: Coding Makes You Dumb

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• Subject: RE: Coding Makes You Dumb
• From: "W. Hugh Chatfield I.S.P." <hchatfield@u...>
• Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:56:26 -0500
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Here is yet another...

http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/Charles_Simonyi_creates_
software_intentionally.html

The interesting part here is that this system generates something that
programmers use to build a code generator which produces the end executable
code. [sort of analogous to a compiler generator I guess.. but for some
other problem domain]

My problem with all these is that I have difficulty understanding how the
"powerpoint-like" application can collect enough information from the
subject matter experts to be able to unambiguously state "requirements"[i.e.
the systems analyst task] and come up with an appropriate software
architecture [i.e. the software design task].

Perhaps for well controlled domains that are well understood ... but in
general?? The holy grail hasn't been found yet I fear.

Cheers...Hugh

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