Software Design for Flexibility: How to Avoid Programming Yourself Into a Corner
Chris Hanson,Gerald Jay Sussman
Language: English
Published by MIT Press March 2021, 2021
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- Software Design for Flexibility: How to Avoid Programming Yourself Into a Corner
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- Chris Hanson,Gerald Jay Sussman
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- MIT Press March 2021
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- 2021
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Time pressures encourage programmers to write code that works well for a narrow purpose, with no room to grow. But the best systems are evolvable; they can be adapted for new situations by adding code, rather than changing the existing code. The authors describe techniques they have found effective--over their combined 100-plus years of programming experience--that will help programmers avoid programming themselves into corners.
The authors explore ways to enhance flexibility by:
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About the Author
Gerald Jay Sussman is Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT. He is the coauthor of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics, and Functional Differential Equations (all published by the MIT Press).
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