Re: Bob Brewin, Sun's chief tool developer, is interviewed on their Java site.
Larry Barowski wrote:
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Bob Brewin, Sun's chief tool developer, is interviewed on their Java
site.
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He also says, rather provocatively, "We are rapidly approaching the
point -- if we are not there already -- where applications are too
complex for a classic IDE, much less the developer, to comprehend. So
the future lies in simplifying the task of working on the individual
application components, 'knitting' those components together into a
working system, and then debugging, monitoring, and maintaining them
through their life-cycle."
Are applications becoming more complex in general? I would expect
larger but less complex, because of increased appreciation for modular
design and design with long-term maintenance and reuse in mind. If
we replace "complex" with "large" in the above paragraph, I can't
disagree with it, but it still smells like marketing bull.
Doesn't smell a bit like bull to me. It all hinges upon the definition
you choose for "comprehend." I download other people's open source
projects all the time. The vast majority of them are beyond my
available time resources to comprehend, and some of 'em I could never
comprehend.
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Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA
"We live in a world of very bright people building
crappy software with total *** for tools and process."
- Ed McKenzie
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