Supporting compositional styles for software evolution

• Published in: Proceedings International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution pp. 14 - 22
• Main Authors: Nierstrasz, O., Achermann, F.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2000
• Subjects: Application software; Concurrent computing; Connectors; Design engineering; High level languages; Plugs; Productivity; Software maintenance; Software systems; Software tools

Software is not just difficult to develop, it is even more difficult to maintain in the face of changing requirements. The complexity of software evolution can, however be significantly reduced if we manage to separate the stable artifacts (the "components") from their configuration (the &...