Oh, I completely agree.  UML is grotesque, but it is an accepted
standard that a lot of tools use.  Funny how often those two things go
together.  ;)

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Peter Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Feb 10, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Barney Boisvert wrote:
>
>> In the real world, the model is often expressed in UML
>
> Only in Dante's sixth circle of hell :-) Seriously, I think the OMG is
> the main reason Domain Specific Modeling hasn't taken off. Go to any
> serious platform agnostic DSM conference (DSM forum at ooPSLA, Code
> Gen in Cambridge England, MoDELs, etc) and Tony Clark (or one of his
> friends) is the guy looking defensive, sitting in the corner and
> trying to explain to anyone who listens that with stereotypes you can
> do anything in UML (missing the point that you can also plant
> geraniums with a fork lift truck, some hydraulics and a little
> ingenuity - because something is possible doesn't mean it's optimal!)
>
> Heck I've heard it proposed that the only reason for the recent
> popularity of M2M transformations is the hideous structure of the
> models spat out by all of the UML tooling :-)
>
> Best Wishes,
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> >
>



-- 
Barney Boisvert
[email protected]
http://www.barneyb.com/

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