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Date:	Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:18:00 PST8
From:	"Lynn H. Maxson" <lmaxson@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-programming@scoug.com" > scoug-programming@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Check this out

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"Best I can tell, the near term prospects of any increased
productivity is somewhere between 0 and a rather large
negative number. Does this mean the bullet needs some silver
polish?"

Unfortunately that large negative number really came into
being with OO and UML. Just getting off either of those
bandwagons and back to previous methods would generate a
net plus. I frankly don't care to argue. I have enough faith in
the scientific method to test the theory for its truth value,
which may turn out zero.

That doesn't take away the value of learning PM
programming, of mastering a database manager, of
customizing your own editor, of performing a syntax check of
a programming language of your choice, of performing a
semantic analysis, of creating a two-stage proof engine, of
code generation for interpretive and standalone mode, plus
the other things you might pick up along the way.

In the end if you take the journey to that point I would think
you have probably overcome any barriers or inhibitors that
have held you back from contributing to open source to
preserve OS/2. In the end I do find it strange the belief that
we cannot achieve productivity gains at the same level for
ourselves that we have for our clients by applying the same
means of process improvement. What makes what we do
immune to the methods we employ for the benefit of others?

Enjoy the introduction to PM programming...and jEdit.

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