UML, at the time, was exceedingly useful if you just used the whiteboard version of it. Being able to clearly communicate with another developer by drawing a cl

UML, at the time, was exceedingly useful if you just used the whiteboard version of it. Being able to clearly communicate with another developer by drawing a class diagram and having each line, box, and cardinality mean something precise was very helpful. UML as a programming language was awful. UML as a specification language was often even worse.