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From: "Ehud Lamm" <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
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Subject: Re: Another important feature of Ada
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Ray Blaak <blaak@infomatch.com> wrote in message
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> Instead, it is better to always expect change, and to struture your
designs
> and abstractions so that they can readily be augmented, reimplemented,
etc.
>

I agree. Expect change, but try to avoid the need for it.
You can achieve both goals.


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