[unios] Re: Ladder?

[Pat Wendorf]

From: Pat Wendorf <beholder@ican.net>

> >The order to construct the system is OK too.  But only if the system is
> >already designed.  It would be bad to try a ladder development if we
> >didn't know the final result.  I would rather call this a "ladder
> >implementation style" than "ladder development" because it needs to be
> >very clear that the ladder is not part of the design phase.  In my
> >experience in TUNES, the design is integrated and can only be developed
> >non-linearly (it requires thinking around in circles many times to develop
> >the concepts).  UniOS is so much like TUNES you probably will design it
> >non-linearly, too.
>
> A system like UniOS (or again maybe mOS) where everything is so
> interrelated must necessarily be *designed* non-linearly.
>
> When it comes to the implementation, I guess we'd be fine off first
> implementing everything needed in a simple manner and then come back
> afterwards to improve each part.

I'd have to agree. It is a very non-linear project at this moment.  I think our
focus is system wide rather than start here, go here, go here, type approach.
Little more difficult to think about, but I think the end product will be
better.

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