[FRIAM] Fwd: ABM

[Robert Howard]

Some quotes from the same person:

For those of you who use phrases like "OO methodologies", it's "OO method".
The word "methodology" indicates the study of method.

No. Multiple meanings for symbols doesn't make the language less accurate or
less useful.  

I disagree.  Modeling is not _a_ framework.  It is the _process_ of building
a framework.  Modeling is a behavior, not a state.

Very ambiguous human languages are quite useful and are in no danger of
being replaced by unambiguous languages.  Further, an argument can be made
that the ambiguity in languages makes them _more_ useful than strict
languages.

 

Robert Howard

Phoenix, Arizona

 

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 4:31 PM
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Douglas Roberts wrote:

> On 6/5/07, *Glen E. P. Ropella* <gepr at tempusdictum.com 

> <mailto:gepr at tempusdictum.com>> wrote:

> 

>     For those of you who use phrases like "OO methodologies", it's "OO

>     method".  The word "methodology" indicates the study of method. 

> 

Either one looks to be just fine. 

 

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=methodologies

 

Main Entry: *meth·od·ol·o·gy* 

<javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?method13.wav=methodology')>

Pronunciation: "me-th&-'dä-l&-jE

Function: /noun/

Inflected Form(s): /plural/ *-gies*

Etymology: New Latin /methodologia,/ from Latin /methodus/ + /-logia/ -logy

*1* *:* a body of methods <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/methods> , 

rules, and postulates employed by a discipline *:* a particular 

procedure or set of procedures

*2* *:* the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a 

particular field

 

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