From: magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) Subject: Re: Flowchart symbols (in ASCII) ISO-1028 Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 21:53:22 CDT
Mark Montague (plph@engin.umich.edu) wrote:
: There *is* a use for flowcharts: I have found that non-programmers
: (lawyers, managers, etc...) can read understand them much better than
: pseudo-code, state machines, and transition diagrams. They look pretty,
: and they're graphical, so they don't scare the people who wear business
: suits.
I *like* scaring the people who wear business suits. They're the ones
who screw up great hardware/software shops with junk like goofy license
agreements and look-and-feel lawsuits.
: I use flowcharts when I want to make a non-programmer understand a
: algorithm.
I usually use a crowbar (for them) and a bottle of tylenol (for myself).
;)
-Louis