Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML??

To: Patricia Shanahan
From: "Arne Vajhoj" <arne.vajhoj@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this>

To: Patricia Shanahan
From: "Arne Vajhoj" <arne.vajhoj@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this>

To: Patricia Shanahan
From: "Arne Vajhoj" <arne.vajhoj@1:261/38.remove-p82-this>

To: Patricia Shanahan
From: Arne Vajhoj <arne@vajhoej.dk>

On 7/27/2012 12:05 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> On 7/26/2012 11:47 AM, Arne Vajhoj wrote:
> ...
>> Someone believing in most of them is a different story. I am skeptical
>> about calling such a person for a Java developer. Even though the code
>> is following JLS and compiles with javac, then there is almost no
>> overlap with the Java world. It is not the Java way. And if the
>> person tried to write such code at work, then the person would be
>> kicked out quickly in many places. It is not what companies expect
>> when they hire a Java developer.
> ...
>
> I think of programming languages as tools, not philosophies. Java
> happens to be a favorite tool, one that fits my brain the way my
> favorite wood carving chisel fits my hand. On the other hand, I no more
> subscribe to "the Java way" than to a "the half inch chisel way".
>
> When I'm starting a new program, in a situation in which I'm free to use
> any standards I like, I follow the commonest conventions for the
> program's language. If I'm modifying or adding to an existing project,
> or working in an organization that has other conventions, I follow the
> local conventions.

So in reality you are subscribing to the Java way.

Arne

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