Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 13:15, tallison@tacocat.net wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 07:58:01PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:53:26 -0500
> >> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> >> > Seriously, though, OO languages, being born of academia, were designed
> >> > *not* to be quick-'n-dirty languages. They were designed with
> >> > large projects in mind (the whole Software Design Life Cycle bit).
> >>
>
> SDLC! What a joke!!!!!
>
> I've never seen a large project managed in any Corporation that didn't
> utterly suck.
The SDLC and corporate politics are independent. Academics should
take corporate politics into consideration when coming up with these
theories.
> The notion that software development is more Organic is closer to the
> truth. Even with the best planning, you typically will run software
> development along the path of:
>
> Design it
> Build it
> Deploy it
> Rewrite from scratch and have something that works.
With tight budgets and tight schedules, I've *never* seen a project
rewritten.
> Modify from there as needed to evolve with the understanding of and needs
> of the applications 'itch'.
>
> That's an evolutionary process.
See my above comments regarding the SDLC. They are the same.
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