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- From: leepeng@ampex.com (Peng Lee)
- Subject: Re: Reuse Discussion Topics (Was: Reuse and Software Components)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.175825.2978@ampex.com>
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- References: <Bx56G1.8pr@cs.uiuc.edu> <jubo.720960526@rwthi3> <ksand-051192155051@wintermute.apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:58:25 GMT
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- In article <ksand-051192155051@wintermute.apple.com> ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik ) writes:
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- >Well, as a former HW designer, and current OO programmer I have to make
- >the statement that HW engineers don't subclass ICs, they define glue
- >electronics for combining the ICs for more functionality. If we find
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- Here's other POV.
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- I think 80486 is sub(super)class of 8086. There are also a lot
- ICs that use the 8086 as core and add other functionalities.
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- In software, I believe X-window protocol, MS-Window API, DOS
- interrupt functions are good examples of some very successful
- reuseable software components. If we agree on this, maybe
- we should start analysis why these APIs succeed.
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