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From:
Adam Turoff
Date:
July 24, 2000 21:41
Subject:
Re: Requirements vs Design
Message ID:
20000725004157.C24057@panix.com
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 09:24:51PM -0700, Chip Salzenberg wrote:
> According to skud@netizen.com.au:
> > Requirements first, THEN design.
> 
> Yes, sorta.  But in the real world (as opposed to Comp Sci
> classrooms), design pushes back against requirements.  

And here, language design pushes back against implementation
design.  I think it's important to understand what *can* 
be implemented, and it's way to early to decide what *should*
be implemented or *why* it should/shouldn't be implemented.

Z.


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