Postface
Raul Sidnei Wazlawick
At this point the reader must have been asking why a picture of a loom is on the front cover of this book. Even if you are not asking that, I’ll tell you anyway. The reason is twofold: symbolic and historical.
The symbolic reason is that there are similarities between the process of producing software and producing fabrics with a loom. First you plan, and you draft the result you intend to produce; and then you execute your work and see if it is going well. The many colors of string used to produce a fabric may be compared to the many aspects of information and technology that must be weaved to produce the patterns that are desired in the product. Work done on a loom can be undone as work done on software can. After ...
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