compsci(2009)
Mon 02/02/08
mythical man month
fred brooks IBM .. wrote a time sharing os for the ibm 360
room sized computer
input punch card and tape
core memory -- electro-magnets that looked like donuts for zero's and 1s
not a lot of memory
.. gotta be really efficient and clever
hd's were brand new
before this project it was 1 program at a time
printers .. green track paper
fortran .. formula translation .. good with eng code
book is experiences in writing a large project
tar pit
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small thing .. seems to get bigger and bigger
chapter 2 .
it takes 9 months to make a kid
page 14 - things go sour for the lack of time
confusing effort and progress
mythical man month .. man power and time
chapter 3 - mill's proposal
surgical team
programming vs coding
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Mon 02/09/08
for chapter 8 .. steve & drew
present chapter 11!!!!!!!
mythical man month
chapter 4-
cathedral
ease of use = function/ conceptional complexity
srugical team
chapter 5
second system effect
first version simple
second system .. goes back and adds stuff .. takes away ease of use .. too much!
beta testing -- see what feature to add?
mcvey: yes!
1975 .. beta test wasn't feasable
second version .. way too much abstraction?
chapter 6 -
QA team
chapter 7
tower of babel:
organization and communication
workbook: make sure that evryon'es on the same page every day
producer and director
goes back to the chief architect
.. general manager and the coach
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Mon 02/16/08
a lot of peopole do budgets for a living
chapter 9 -
representation is the iessence of programming
data structures were a new concept
chapter 10 -
12 - ryan p and m
13 - john & drew
14 - francis and bradon
15 - van, casey, steve
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Mon 03/09/09