On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:15 PM, wren ng thornton
On 6/23/11 1:39 AM, Arnaud Bailly wrote:
Of course, we can always say that each system is a language of its own (rather than *has* a language...) which is what Eric Evans coined with its "Ubiquitous language" term. But I find it difficult to connect that particular dots.
That's certainly my take on things (which I argued for at a workshop last week). Then again, I'm a linguist and type theorist, so viewing systems as languages[1] comes naturally. Do you have a link to Evans' coinage and argument?
Sure. His most famous book is "Domain Driven Design" (see http://domaindrivendesign.org/about). Please note this is extremely "soft" and not at all mathematically founded. Ubiquitous language is one of the tools he proposes to guide software development: Use the language of the people who will use your software to define a "Core domain", a well-defined set of objects and methods that faithfully represent the business domain. Best regards Arnaud