Kinds of understanding

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Kinds of understanding

System and program understanding can be classified in many different ways

We hypothesize that several kinds understanding can benefit from the ideas of elucidative programming

A classification of program-related descriptions and discussion
- Proactive mental understanding
  - Design and architectural issues
  - Oriented towards the author or co-developers
- Process understanding
  - Descriptions that keep the practical and everyday activities on track
  - Diaries and logs
- Maintenance understanding
  - Conveying relevant information from the developers to maintainers
  - Best to write after the development is finished