Exploration Through Example

Example-driven development, Agile testing, context-driven testing, Agile programming, Ruby, and other things of interest to Brian Marick

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Wed, 26 Nov 2003

Final Vocabulary

I believe in social trends. The trend these days, certainly in the USA, is to cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war. You see it in politics, you hear it on the radio, and - I believe - it's increasingly common in the software world. (Not that it was unknown before, mind you - I think net.flame was created in 1982.)

Too many people's ideas are being wrongly discounted because of who they are, who they associate with, who they have sympathy for, what other ideas they have, or other trivia. I don't think I can persuade anyone to sip from the half-full glass if they prefer to smash it because it's half empty. But I have been on the lookout for tools that can help those inclined to take that sip. (Yeesh, that's self-righteous. Sorry.) One I found is based on Richard Rorty's notion of a "final vocabulary". I invite you to read my essay on it.

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