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Software Design for Flexibility - by Chris Hanson & Gerald Jay Sussman (Hardcover)

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  • Strategies for building large systems that can be easily adapted for new situations with only minor programming modifications.
  • About the Author: Chris Hanson is on the technical staff at Datera.
  • 448 Pages
  • Computers + Internet, Computer Science

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"An advanced book on programming techniques to build flexible, robust, symbolic systems"--



Book Synopsis



Strategies for building large systems that can be easily adapted for new situations with only minor programming modifications.

Time pressures encourage programmers to write code that works well for a narrow purpose, with no room to grow. But the best systems are evolvable; they can be adapted for new situations by adding code, rather than changing the existing code. The authors describe techniques they have found effective--over their combined 100-plus years of programming experience--that will help programmers avoid programming themselves into corners.

The authors explore ways to enhance flexibility by:

  • Organizing systems using combinators to compose mix-and-match parts, ranging from small functions to whole arithmetics, with standardized interfaces
  • Augmenting data with independent annotation layers, such as units of measurement or provenance
  • Combining independent pieces of partial information using unification or propagation
  • Separating control structure from problem domain with domain models, rule systems and pattern matching, propagation, and dependency-directed backtracking
  • Extending the programming language, using dynamically extensible evaluators


  • About the Author



    Chris Hanson is on the technical staff at Datera.

    Gerald Jay Sussman is Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT. He is the coauthor of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics, and Functional Differential Equations (all published by the MIT Press).

    Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
    Weight: 1.6 Pounds
    Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
    Number of Pages: 448
    Genre: Computers + Internet
    Sub-Genre: Computer Science
    Publisher: MIT Press
    Format: Hardcover
    Author: Chris Hanson & Gerald Jay Sussman
    Language: English
    Street Date: March 9, 2021
    TCIN: 1003687187
    UPC: 9780262045490
    Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-4461
    Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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