[BangPypers] designing programs

[shameek ghosh]

> I do believe the second point is an important reason why domain specific
> modelling tools are very important that can generate platform specific
> code.Something like UML to C++ might be available.I am not certain though.

I worry about maintainability and bitrot in the long run when code is
generated in this fashion.

That's interesting.Never really thought about it.But could you elaborate.
I agree though that generated code is not dependable but whether it is
maintainable, is open to debate.


On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> awrote:

> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:02 PM, shameek ghosh <shameek09 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Well...Although I have not done this much,  but I believe a modelling
> tool
> > like UML helps when you show your design to somebody else and secondly
> there
> > might be cases where UML like modelling tools may also be converted to
> some
> > specific code.
>
> I generally tend to distrust code that is 'generated' unless it's for
> a very clear, simple, and well defined task (like a state machine,
> parser or GUI front end).
>
> Using UML as a "standard way" of conveying your designs sounds
> sensible although I feel that it's more restrictive than pen and
> paper.
>
> > I do believe the second point is an important reason why domain specific
> > modelling tools are very important that can generate platform specific
> > code.Something like UML to C++ might be available.I am not certain
> though.
>
> I worry about maintainability and bitrot in the long run when code is
> generated in this fashion.
>
> --
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