From: Tim Bates <tim@...>
Date: 2003-01-14T14:12:22+09:00
Subject: Re: UML tool for Linux?

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 03:23 pm, Phil Tomson wrote:
> What good is UML?  I mean, it seems to me that especially with languages
> like Ruby you could just code your OO system and then refactor as needed.

I haven't actually used UML before, which is why I'm only just looking for 
software for it. The reason is, I come from a strong engineering background 
(father was an engineer, I'm now studying engineering myself) and as such I 
find it helpful (sometimes even necessary) to get my ideas on paper, draw 
diagrams etc. I'm currently trying to get my head around the relationships 
between a significant number of classes and modules. Being a fairly visual 
person, I want diagrams, but rather than try and do it with conventional 
pen-and-paper methods, and end up as I usually do with lots of lines and 
scribble and crossings-out, I thought I'd give UML a shot. It's designed for 
this sort of thing and has the advantage that I can check it into CVS along 
with the code... It may work, it may not.

Tim Bates
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tim@bates.id.au