Chapter 9. Inside the Elephant Eater

 

“We shall not fail or falter; we shall not waste or tire.... Give us the tools and we shall finish the job.”

 
 --Winston Churchill
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Looking Inside the Elephant Eater 166

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Step 1: Parse View and Identify Patterns 169

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Step 2: Merge Views 183

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Step 3: Create Transforms 197

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Step 4: Generate Artifacts 198

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Steps 5.1: Test Artifacts and 5.1a: Identify Generation Faults 199

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Step 5.1b: Add and Update Information 199

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A Portrait of an Elephant Eater 200

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Endnotes 201

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