RE: How many classes?!? (was: Question)
RE: How many classes?!? (was: Question)
- Subject: RE: How many classes?!? (was: Question)
- From: "Smith, Bradley" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:42:36 -0000
My statement was made from my experience of both industries. I have worked
on banking systems that handle millions of accounts and I have colleagues
who developed systems for Airbus and Boeing. From our combined knowlege -
and based on our experience (your mileage may vary) - we concluded that the
design of some of the more sophisticated aircraft systems was more complex
and involved more classes than that of a bank. My comment was somewhat off
the cuff and a bit subjective perhaps but then the precedence had already
been set.
I'm not going to devote any more of my time to this flame war (which
admittedly I started). My closing comment would be that we shouldn't trash
someone's design just because it uses 150 classes when we have absolutely no
idea what it is they're trying to do.
Brad
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From: John C. Randolph [mailto:email@hidden]
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Sent: 04 December 2001 03:27
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To: email@hidden
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Cc: email@hidden
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Subject: Re: How many classes?!? (was: Question)
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>Anyway, banking
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> systems are hardly complex compared to the real-time operation of an
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> aircraft.
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I think you should have a look at a modern
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derivatives-trading operation's risk management systems
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before you make that conclusion.
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Come to think of it, you should also have a look at what's
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involved in maintaining checking accounts for half a million
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users as well.
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-jcr