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To: SeekAndFind

Coders would move to formally defining requirements.


35 posted on 07/06/2023 4:12:54 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1
Coders would move to formally defining requirements.

People are really bad at formally defining requirements.

It's a lot of fumbling around in the dark and discovering what has changed since the project was started. Formal definitions are frequently wrong and always incomplete. Our verbal and written languages simply do not allow otherwise. Our thinking patterns do not allow otherwise.

We do OK by taking a few steps at a time, then looking around.

63 posted on 07/06/2023 1:36:04 PM PDT by flamberge (It seemed like a good idea at the time.)
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