Re: Booch's book feels too philosophical rather than practical?

topmind wrote:

I guess so. OO'ers see hierarchies and M.E. lists where I see sets. I
could force domain nouns into taxonomies, but they are artificial and
have many change spike problems. Your "employee types" as described in
my review of your book is a pretty good example of this. And a real one
witnessed by me: rank and file employees got sales commissions. It is
not a change I dreamed up.

I challenge you to produce a half-dozen biz taxonomies where ME or
trees are a safe bet. Just list the taxonomies in outline format:

Node 1
- foo
- - bar under foo
- floo
Node 2
- etc...

(You can multipley the dash numbers by 2 if it helps improve the
visual.)

And I challenge you to produce a half-dozen "biz taxonomies" from
domains in which you have *actually been involved in developing systems
for* .

No hypotheticals. No "I cannot disclose information" etc.

I expect to see something *real* from you. From your "domain" (whatever
that actually is - because AFAIK you have *never* disclosed any specific
info on what you actually work on) .


Regards,
Steven Perryman
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