On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 09:23:34PM -0700, Erick Calder wrote: > > honestly, i'm not sure why we're discussing then when a UML generating, > > XML file format application already exists. > > tools for expressing the model are only part of it. what Torvald is trying > to point to here (Torvald: correct me if I'm wrong), is that using someone > else's language makes more sense than creating one. if we chose a > nomenclature for what we call things within the model that is already in > use, it will be easier for others to understand what POE is doing and how > it's built, and if that language happens to be UML then POE developers get > some ready made tools to boot.
I wish Torvald would have just said this. I would have agreed to this already. In fact, I addressed the issue in the TODO section of the document: === Use Real Words === After reading http://patternsinperl.com/ it occurs to me that I'm misusing all sorts of common terms (like "aggregate", and maybe "factory"). This makes everything unreadable. Fix it. I think Torvald's insistence on flogging Java-based UML design tools has overshadowed his point. In the interest of moving this along, it might be faster for someone with UML clue to translate the document than to wait for me to develop said clue. On the other hand, it is the weekend, which gives me a head start. -- Rocco Caputo / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / poe.perl.org / poe.sf.net
