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Software Design for Flexibility

By Sussman, Gerald Jay

Software Design for Flexibility Computer Science

Software Design for Flexibility

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Description
Strategies for building large systems that can be easily adapted for new situations with only minor programming modifications. 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: - Organizing systems using combinators to compose mix-and-match parts, ranging from small functions to whole arithmetics, with standardized interfaces- Augmenting data with independent annotation layers, such as units of measurement or provenance- Combining independent pieces of partial information using unification or propagation- Separating control structure from problem domain with domain models, rule systems and pattern matching, propagation, and dependency-directed backtracking- Extending the programming language, using dynamically extensible evaluators
Product details
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
2021-03-09
Publication Date:
2021-03-09
Publisher:
MIT Press Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0262045494
ISBN13:
9780262045490
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
727 g
Height:
158 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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