Can Programmers Reuse Software?

  • Authors:
  • S. N. Woodfield;D. W. Embley;D. T. Scott

  • Affiliations:
  • Brigham Young University;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 1987

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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?