Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Standard Design and Development Methodologies Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:25:28 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: <7blod75doq8hekfa0bcau5ntv8s6mja9dt@4ax.com> References: <9j25r6FpfU1@mid.individual.net> <4ed057c5$0$289$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <6rh3d7hcmp1s9tqk5fbu7ct88slhjsceuv@4ax.com> <4ed98f14$0$291$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="JCn9+dUdCQH+ycRezr2Sxw"; logging-data="18366"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/MmSkrsc5BBQTs4E14AcxhIlULmNBHmjA=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2sBzVeZD1oF2QMAh4I07zlYZqrw= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10516 On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:53:05 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >On 11/27/2011 12:16 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: [snip] >> I believe in standards, but UML is awkward to enter. Sketches >> are much faster, and I can think with them. I understand about >> documenting, but UML is just too fiddly for my taste. > >You may think your sketch is very readable, but other people >reading it will get the same info as you from it, because the ^ >semantics of things shown are not standardized. I think you are missing a "not" at the indicated position. I am assuming that in my response. Not necessarily. XML is not the only standard. It just has a loud drummer. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko