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- From: larry@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Larry Maturo)
- Subject: Re: Reuse Discussion Topics (Was: Reuse and Software Components)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.144835.17765@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:48:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.175825.2978@ampex.com> leepeng@ampex.com (Peng Lee) writes:
- >In article <ksand-051192155051@wintermute.apple.com> ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik ) writes:
- >>
- >>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
- >
- >Here's other POV.
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > 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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- They succeed because they are well defined (well at least fairly well
- documented). Also, they succeed because they are thin. If you understand the
- context, such as DOS, each DOS interrupt function can be easily understood.
- Learning the context is the trick. I suppose this means that they also have an
- undertandable context also.
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