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"Peter Naur, widely known as one of the authors of the programming language syntax notation "Backus-Naur Form" (BNF), wrote "Programming as Theory Building" in 1985. It was reprinted in his collection of works, Computing: A Human Activity (Naur 1992).
This article is, to my mind, the most accurate account of what goes on in designing and coding a program. I refer to it regularly when discussing how much documentation to create, how to pass along tacit knowledge, and the value of the XP's metaphor-setting exercise. It also provides a way to examine a methodology's economic structure." says Alistair Cockburn
Indeed!
This article is, to my mind, the most accurate account of what goes on in designing and coding a program. I refer to it regularly when discussing how much documentation to create, how to pass along tacit knowledge, and the value of the XP's metaphor-setting exercise. It also provides a way to examine a methodology's economic structure." says Alistair Cockburn
Indeed!
posted by MM at 1:35 PM
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