Other Technologies, cont’d
Programming in the large:
- Concept discussed in the late 1970’s, early 1980’s.
- Never found a practical realization.
- Scripting is programming in the large.
Software reuse:
- Doesn’t happen naturally: requires planning, structure.
- Few reusable libraries for sys. prog. languages.
- Scripting platforms provide structure for reuse:
- Build reusable components with system programming languages.
- Glue together with scripting languages.
- Clear division of labor: different languages, etc.
- Examples: Visual Basic components, Tcl commands, etc.