Metaphors for a Richer Understanding of Software Development

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I like the combined metaphor of software construction being like building construction and being like the accretion (incremental addition) of pearl growth.

I do think that the word "paradigm" is better used in some places than the author's use of the word "metaphor". For example, I would say that databases caused a shift to a data-centric paradigm, and the OO paradigm ushered in a perspective of hidden data (encapsulation) with exposed operations on that data.

[Erik]

I like that the book doesn't take itself too serious to make mildly humorous metaphors.

I like the book's layout too: key points, review section, inline references, etc...