On 2024-09-12 09:46, Douglas McIlroy wrote: > There it festered, right in the middle of Branden's otherwise high literary > style: "use cases". I've despaired over the term ever since it wormed its > way into computer folks' vocabulary. How does a "use case" differ from a > "use"? Or, what's the use of "use case"?
The meaning of the German equivalents "Anwendung" (use) and "Anwendungsfall" (use case) are clearly distinguished, with the former referring to an activity, the latter to the outlines of a potential activity. - Jan
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