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Can Programmers Reuse Software?

Scott N. Woodfield, David W. Embley, Del T. Scott

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Abstract

An experiment asked programmers untrained in reuse to evaluate component reusability. They did poorly. Are reusability's promises hollow? Or are there some answers?

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An experiment asked programmers untrained in reuse to evaluate component reusability. They did poorly. Are reusability's promises hollow? Or are there some answers?

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An experiment asked programmers untrained in reuse to evaluate component reusability. They did poorly. Are reusability's promises hollow? Or are there some answers?

Key concepts: Reusability, Reuse, Computer science, Software engineering, Component (thermodynamics), Software development, Component-based software engineering, Software

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