Re: Just one more anecdote

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"Kenneth Downs" <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock> wrote in message news:sde8s2-rgl.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net...
> David Cressey wrote:
>
> >
> > "Kenneth Downs" <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock> wrote in message
> > news:bbq2s2-3ah.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net...
> >
> >> Methinks that the RM is close enough to perfection (I did not say it
was
> >> perfect, nor even close to perfect, just close _enough_) so that
analysis
> >> and design are really the same thing. The process of analysis is the
> >> process of attempting to cast record-keeping needs in terms of
normalized
> >> tables.
> >
> > I disagree. Analysis describes the problem. Design describes the
> > solution.
>
> I don't think you can disagree because I don't think you understand what I
> said. I never mentioned a problem or a solution, just needs.

You said "so that analysis and design are really the same thing".

I disagree. They aren't the same thing, IMO. Received on Sat Aug 06 2005 - 00:11:27 CEST