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A Unified Theory of Software Evolution

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

jso888 writes "Salon has a nice article today on Meir Lehman's work on how software evolves and is developed. Lehman's investigation of the IBM OS/360 development process became the foundation for Brooks' Law: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." He is hopeful that his work will make software development less of an art and more of an engineering science."

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  1. Aiiehh!! FP!?! by Dri · · Score: -1, Troll

    Look mom. No hands... =)

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  2. baaa!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    hey taco, you fuck will dunn goats!

  3. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post :P

  4. Re:Evolution is a MYTH!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    HAHAHA! Mod up please! This slap in the face of gnu-hippy evolutionists is right on. There is no such thing as a beneficial mutation. In the software world, it's a bug that the designers claim is "a feature."