Submission: Brock, "Naming Practices in Code as Rhetorical Strategies" #2
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I like it! An interesting example that is related is Ruby on Rails' |
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The metaphorical naming of software elements has been discussed at great length on the c2 wiki: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CategoryMetaphor Extreme Programming specifically asks for careful choice of metaphor in its System Metaphor practice: |
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I just wanted to note that those wiki discussions are fantastic. Thanks for the feedback--I am definitely taking that info into consideration as I consider how to improve upon this submission. |
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I'm glad you found that discussion useful. System Metaphor has been recognized as the least-practiced practice in extreme programming or any other agile method. Joshua Kerievsky founded a group conversation to explore why. I don't recall any conclusion but there is an archive waiting to be explored. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/softwaremetaphor |
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I've added in an extra example (Roedy Green's "How to Write Unmaintainable Code" and briefly referred to Ward's note on system metaphor in my introduction. I continue to welcome any and all comments, concerns, questions, critiques, etc. |
| inducing cooperation in beings that by nature respond to symbols."[^burke]. The | ||
| construction of meaning through language relies on what that language | ||
| represents, and this is no different in the source code of software than in any | ||
| conventional form of discourse. In fact, as Ward Cunningham has pointed out in |
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Submission on the rhetorical significance of naming (files, variables, functions) in code.