Comments on: Programming, it’s really about language http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/ Working software daily Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: steve.freeman http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-174 steve.freeman Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:21:23 +0000 http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-174 Maybe. We might have overdone the DSL thing, but even with a more "conventional" API, I think the same principles apply. As you know, the conventional Smalltalk style is to have lots of little methods so that everything is deferred. It's typically Californian, <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/66/37/55537.html" rel="nofollow">there is no "there" there</a>. Maybe. We might have overdone the DSL thing, but even with a more “conventional” API, I think the same principles apply.

As you know, the conventional Smalltalk style is to have lots of little methods so that everything is deferred. It’s typically Californian, there is no “there” there.

]]> By: David Harvey http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-172 David Harvey Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:58:17 +0000 http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-172 So ... you start with TDD, and end with a DSL... So … you start with TDD, and end with a DSL…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-165 Anonymous Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:47 +0000 http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-165 <strong>TDD at QCon...</strong> Keith Braithwaite's latest version of his talk about measuring the characteristics of TDD code.... TDD at QCon…

Keith Braithwaite’s latest version of his talk about measuring the characteristics of TDD code….

]]> By: Keith Braithwaite http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-158 Keith Braithwaite Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:25:18 +0000 http://www.m3p.co.uk/blog/2008/03/14/its-really-about-language/#comment-158 Causality is the hard bit. It's notoriously easy to find a power-law looking distribution where there is actually something else (log-normal, for instance). The only way to be sure is to figure out the underlying dynamics, then crank some Monte Carlo simulations. Tricky stuff to do with rich human behaviors like TDD... Causality is the hard bit. It’s notoriously easy to find a power-law looking distribution where there is actually something else (log-normal, for instance). The only way to be sure is to figure out the underlying dynamics, then crank some Monte Carlo simulations. Tricky stuff to do with rich human behaviors like TDD…

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