From: je@bton.ac.uk (John English)
Subject: Re: abstraction and encapsulation (Re: Will Java kill C++?)
Date: 1996/05/15
Date: 1996-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DrFzuL.3F0@bton.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: TMB.96May13085010@best.best.com
. (tmb@best.com) wrote:
: In my experience, making designs extensible takes time and effort. It
: also makes the design harder to understand for other people. That
: cost is worth it if you plan on reusing that software. But a lot of
: software doesn't need to be reused, however. [...snip...]
Extensibility is important for maintenance too; a lot of maintenance
changes involve adding extra bells and whistles which can be a major
problem if extensibility *wasn't* designed for. This (IMHO) is a
much more important consideration than reuse, which as you said is
something that isn't needed that often.
--
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