Comments on: Travels, and the next Code Reads http://www.wordyard.com/2007/09/25/travels-and-the-next-code-reads/ Technology, politics, culture Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:21:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott Rosenberg http://www.wordyard.com/2007/09/25/travels-and-the-next-code-reads/#comment-1050 Scott Rosenberg Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:30:18 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1395#comment-1050 We could do interviews -- this thing is whatever we want it to be. From what I can see that page is just a short excerpt from this <a href="http://www.sigsoft.org/SEN/parnas.html" rel="nofollow">much longer Parnas interview.</a> I'll have a look when I get a chance... We could do interviews — this thing is whatever we want it to be.

From what I can see that page is just a short excerpt from this much longer Parnas interview. I’ll have a look when I get a chance…

]]> By: Will Sargent http://www.wordyard.com/2007/09/25/travels-and-the-next-code-reads/#comment-1049 Will Sargent Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:36:13 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1395#comment-1049 Daniel, glad you like it. Scott, I don't know if Code Reads encompasses interviews as well, but there's an interview with David Parnas which is fascinating: http://tersesystems.com/post/6300058.jhtml Will. Daniel, glad you like it.

Scott, I don’t know if Code Reads encompasses interviews as well, but there’s an interview with David Parnas which is fascinating:

http://tersesystems.com/post/6300058.jhtml

Will.

]]> By: Daniel Jimenez http://www.wordyard.com/2007/09/25/travels-and-the-next-code-reads/#comment-1048 Daniel Jimenez Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:38:53 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1395#comment-1048 What a great read. Among other things, I learned what the context was for Parnas' and Clements' paper on "Faking It". Love learning more about the classics. The Belady-Lehman graph was new to me, even after reading and re-reading Code Complete, the Mythical Man-Month, and Facts and Fallacies. Is it too much of a simplification to say that the upswing portion of that graph is an inevitable result of the conflict between the essential and accidental complexity of software, or at least the pain of dealing with the accidental complexity, especially of delaying dealing with the accidental complexity? Lots to chew on here. Thanks, Scott, for posting it (and hosting these discussions), and to Will for suggesting this article. What a great read. Among other things, I learned what the context was for Parnas’ and Clements’ paper on “Faking It”. Love learning more about the classics.

The Belady-Lehman graph was new to me, even after reading and re-reading Code Complete, the Mythical Man-Month, and Facts and Fallacies. Is it too much of a simplification to say that the upswing portion of that graph is an inevitable result of the conflict between the essential and accidental complexity of software, or at least the pain of dealing with the accidental complexity, especially of delaying dealing with the accidental complexity?

Lots to chew on here. Thanks, Scott, for posting it (and hosting these discussions), and to Will for suggesting this article.

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