Re: [issues] Prototype vs. design

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Jenn V. wrote:

> > I'm a graduate of the first type (Smith)... could you elaborate more on
> > what an EECS-focused program looks like? I never got to do classes in
> > formal design, and I'm looking for ways to make up that deficiency.
> 
> My recommendation is to go to a uni bookshop and look for 
> books in the Comp Sci section with titles like 'the specification
> of complex systems'.
> 
> I could recommend my old textbooks, except that they're ten 
> years old and doubtless waaaay out of date.

The single best books I have on design and design philosophy are: Tom
DeMarco's Structured Analysis and System Specification and Fred Brooks'
The Mythical Man Month.

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