From: "Hal E. Fulton" Date: 2003-01-15T06:18:34+09:00 Subject: Re: UML tool for Linux? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabriel Emerson" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby To: "ruby-talk ML" Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: Re: UML tool for Linux? > To me, UML is good for a few things. First, it is a language which can be > used to communicate with others. If I draw a UML diagram, anyone else who > understands UML diagrams will know precisely what I mean. If I just > doodle circles and squares and things, they are up for interpretation. [snip] I tend to agree with Phil. But maybe that's just because, like him, I don't know UML. I'm OK with the idea of a design notation that is (1) universal and (2) language-neutral. In fact, more than OK, I think it's the only sensible way to go IF you use a design notation at all. The big problem that I have is simply that it's graphical. It's too pictorial for my taste. Why couldn't there be an equivalent notation that was text-based? There probably is, but I don't know of it. Just my $0.01 Hal