tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11685859.post2984986350733041362..comments2023-12-18T15:37:37.183+05:30Comments on Sandeep Shetty's Blog: The difficulties of visualizing softwareSandeep Shettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858379451002808518noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11685859.post-29407609108199662592009-03-18T02:15:00.000+05:302009-03-18T02:15:00.000+05:30The spatial quality of software might be a matter ...The spatial quality of software might be a matter of abstract perspective. In a sense, diagrams are spatial representations of software.<BR/><BR/>I do agree though that as we move from the abstract view of a software towards the more concrete, the complex nature of the software is more visible. And this complexity makes the intricacies of software impossible to visualize.<BR/><BR/>So taking the analogy of our planet, I can visualize the map of the world, I can drill down to India, Maharashtra, and even Mumbai. But I cannot visualize every home in Mumbai city, nor the infrastructural links connecting them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com