Grady Booch, Robert A. Maksimchuk, Michael W. Engle (2007) Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications Chapter 6.
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The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic, some sensational method or tool whose application promises to render software development trivial. It is the mark of the professional software engineer to know that no such panacea exist.
— Grady Booch on Software engineering
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About Grady Booch
Grady Booch (born February 27, 1955) is an American software engineer. Booch is best known for developing the Unified Modeling Language with Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh.
About Grady Booch
Grady Booch (born February 27, 1955) is an American software engineer. Booch is best known for developing the Unified Modeling Language with Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh.
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