Thank you Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Kahn" <kenkahn at toontalk.com>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:11 AM
Subject: Re: Three Threads Of Squeak


> Here's a very simplified view of programming:
>
> 1. Problems are either well-understood or not.
>
> 2. Problems are either small or big.
>
> I think Squeak and its iterative methodology works best for problems that
> are not well-understood. I think what Justin has been arguing for is
changes
> or a redesign to best deal with problems that are well-understood but
large.
> That is where CASE tools, modeling, and lots of up-front design has the
> biggest payoff. When a problem is not well-understood then a great way to
> understand the problem better is to jump in there and build some code
> resulting in a better understanding. As a result of this better
> understanding the code changes and one iterates.  My impression is that
most
> large software projects in insurance or banking are problems that are
> well-understood and hence this iterative exploration isn't appropriate and
> can be counter productive if the problem is large and hence the team is
> large.
>
> Best,
>
> -ken kahn ( www.toontalk.com )
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