[Phpwm] UML Related Question

[Greg Jones]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:22:38 +0100, Dave Holmes <Dave at neteffekt.co.uk>  
wrote:

> I agree with Rob I learned UML, JSP etc etc at UNI

Yeah, me too.

I don't find the actual techniques especially useful, but thinking in  
terms of use-cases, relationships and messages is often helpful.
I often find that drawing relationships makes me think about useful  
things, and while the drawing itself isn't a lot of use, the process of  
doing it is.

> Did anyone else out the learn formal Z notation, what the hell was that  
> all
> about and what use to man or beast was it... Just another load of guff  
> on my
> computer science course I suspect.

I learnt Z at uni too, and while it's completely useless, I really enjoyed  
learning it.
I'm not sure if this was just because it actually showed me a use for some  
of the Discrete Maths nonsense we'd been taught previously, but it all  
made sense, was quite elegant but really quite 'powerful' in terms of what  
you could express with boxes and squiggles.

Greg


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