Chapter 2. Metaphors for a Richer Understanding of Software Development

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Chapter 2. Metaphors for a Richer Understanding of Software Development cc2e.com/0278 Contents The Importance of Metaphors page 9 How to Use Software Metaphors page 11 Common Software Metaphors page 13 Related Topic Heuristics in design: "Design Is a Heuristic Process" in Section 5.1 Computer science has some of the most colorful language of any field. In what other field can you walk into a sterile room, carefully controlled at 68°F, and find viruses, Trojan horses, worms, bugs, bombs, crashes, flames, twisted sex changers, and fatal errors? These graphic metaphors describe specific software phenomena. Equally vivid metaphors describe broader phenomena, and you can use them to improve your understanding of the software-development process. The rest of the book doesn't directly depend on the discussion of metaphors in this chapter. Skip it if you want to get to the practical suggestions. Read it if you want to think about software development more clearly.

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