For a discussion of a suite of effective theories ...

2011-03-01T14:47:38.902+01:00

For a discussion of a suite of effective theories that describe the behavior of software, see my blog on softwarephysics at:
http://softwarephysics.blogspot.com/

Carlo, thanks for yet another exciting post in thi...

2010-10-14T14:03:05.592+02:00

Carlo, thanks for yet another exciting post in this series, I absolutely love it! First it's fun and even entertaining, to me at least. It also looks promising, obviously towards new smarter metrics, but especially toward a better informed vocabulary of concepts that we can use to shape, analyze and explain our design.

This post has a weak -bare chronological- structure, yet is one of the easiest to understand, this structure is a good idea indeed.

On the content, I had the matters of cohesion and coupling in my mind while reading your post, a bit like "haha, we're going toward deeper-than-usual explanations of why low coupling and high cohesion is good".

"high-mass, low-viscosity artifacts can be considered as rather innocent underengineering": yes indeed, this is now clear, and our usual metrics fail to capture that kind of distinction.

Your concept of gravity, which makes massive (heavy?) artifacts get worst over time because they attract more stuff, is also very relevant; I like the dynamic view of software and its forces that influence us. It takes a lot of will to resist such forces sometimes.

To be honest, I also write a comment to share my enthusiasm, and I hope you will carry on and refine that thread of research. Cheers

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For a discussion of a suite of effective theories ...

Carlo, thanks for yet another exciting post in thi...