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Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML??

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From "David Lamb" <david.lamb@1:261/38.remove-10ae-this>
Subject Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML??
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  To: Arne Vajhøj
From: David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca>

On 26/07/2012 2:47 PM, Arne Vajhoj wrote:
>
> Whether some code is valid in the Java language and its semantics
> are obviously defined by the JLS.
>
> But Java comes with a baggage of history, philosophy,
> traditions and lessons learned.

In support of Arne:

I know a programming language semanticist (whom one might think was only 
interested in formalizable stuff) say that languages also had "pragmatics", 
which include all the sorts of things Arne listed. I think one could use the 
word "culture" too.

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Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "David Lamb" <david.lamb@1:261/38.remove-10ae-this> - 2012-07-27 18:40 +0000

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