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Re: can UML be used with a procedural language?

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On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 8:56:44 PM UTC-4, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
 
> UML can be used to express designs which are then implemented using object
> oriented programming techniques in C. 
> There is no support in C for *directly* expressing the concepts in UML, using
> just the language, without adhering to the conventions of some supporting OO
> programming framework.
> 
> Some aspects of UML can't be directly expressed in some OO languages either.
> For instance, an N:1 relationship expressed dirctly in UML may require you to
> define some extra members in an object: list or set structures that hold
> references to other objects. These auxiliary things don't appear in the UML.
> 
> A C implementation will have more cruft that doesn't appear in the UML.
> (Perhaps so much so that you have to wear special UML glasses in order to see
> the original UML design when looking at the code.)

Ok, thanks Kaz.

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can UML be used with a procedural language? gdotone@gmail.com - 2014-04-30 16:39 -0700
  Re: can UML be used with a procedural language? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-01 00:56 +0000
    Re: can UML be used with a procedural language? gdotone@gmail.com - 2014-05-01 01:16 -0700

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