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Software reuse is more like an organ transplant than snapping Lego blocks (2011)

People have been comparing software components to LEGO blocks for a couple decades. We should be able to assemble applications by snapping together modular components, just like LEGOs. There has been progress, but for the most part we haven't realized the promise LEGO-style software development. Integrating two…
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Jun 24, 2020Software reuse is more like an organ transplant than snapping Lego blocks (2011) by nilsandrey667228

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