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The UML specification is 796 pages[0]. It is amazing how humanity can take simple concepts like flow charts and inflate them into insane, hyper detailed legalis
by bryik 5y ago
The UML specification is 796 pages[0]. It is amazing how humanity can take simple concepts like flow charts and inflate them into insane, hyper detailed legalistic rule books that almost no one understands or uses.
0 - https://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.5.1/PDF https://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.5.1/PDF
- hu3 5y agoIf you complicate things enough you can sell consultancy and certifications.
- r3dapple 5y agoThis also applies to modern IT security
- marto1 5y agoand as we all know - really complicated security models are the very bedrock of a sound and secure system. /sarcasm
- anthk 5y agoRed Hat/IBM.
- rootusrootus 5y agoAtlassian.
- fogetti 5y agoGoogle/Amazon
- rjsw 5y agoYou could also add in the page count for the specifications of SysML, DD, MOF, OCL, QVT and XMI.
- ReactiveJelly 5y agoI've never heard of any of these
- marto1 5y agothat kind of motivation can be summarized as "money" or "a lot of money". This combined with copious amounts of narcissism.
- mynameishere 5y agoOn the other hand, where would we be today without: 13.5.11 A_signal_signalEvent [Association] ...that thing. These are men who really, really wanted to be on the PL/1 committee so many years ago. They missed their calling, like so many of us.