Sure, terminology is important but it is far too often treated as the most important thing and it's not. If you said:
"hand me the hammer" vs "hand me that tool with the wooden handle and the metal smasher for banging nails" I'm human, i'd figure it out. The name "hammer" is not the important part. My association to your description is the important part, terminology just shortens that description. Some people call Fusebox a methodology because it's a method of building their software, fine. Whereas others call it a framework, because the core files offer a framework for managing their code, that's fine too. No one is going to get a full definition of Fusebox from a single word, so why get so hung up on that? Steve Dave Watts wrote: > > So whether some people call it a methodology, others a > > framework, others a standard, are you saying that changes > > it's usefulness? > > Well, yes, it does. Have you ever seen the Monty Python skit about the guy > who has several thousand pieces of string in three-inch lengths or so, and > he goes to an advertising agency, and the ad man says "It's > water-resistant!" He exclaims, "No it's not!" and the ad man responds "then, > it's super-absorbent!" > > This probably wasn't the best way to respond to this statement, so I'll try > again. If you're looking for a tool to solve a problem, let's say a hammer, > and you ask me for a hammer, and I hand you a wrench, you might be able to > use it to pound a nail, but it's not a hammer. If you want a framework, > well, that's something different from a methodology. Is Fusebox one, or the > other, or both, or neither? > > Terminology is important. Language is important. Common definitions are how > we know that we're talking about the same thing. This is probably more > important in programming than in many other areas more forgiving of > vagueness; computers are very stupid, rigid, and inflexible, and good > programmers must be very careful with syntax! > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
