| ??? 07/05/10 13:26 Read: times |
#177106 - Pencil and paper Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Murray R. Van Luyn said:
Maybe the real value of such programs is in their enforcement of good design principles during the development of state machine visual representations. Yes, I find the diagrams are great for Design - but I then implement by hand-coding in 'C'. See: http://www.8052.com/forum/read/177101 Maybe intending state machine code developers would be just as well off if they employed a graphics package with state diagram drawing capabilities, or maybe just stuck with good old paper and pencil? Yes, of course state diagrams can be drawn perfectly well by hand on paper (mine often do start off as sketches on paper). But changing a hardcopy state diagram is a nightmare - and that really is where a proper "diagramming" tool really is far superior. Just like drawing schematics, really... |
