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Quote: old changes are difficult to reverse; early decisions should be least likely to change, based on universal truths

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Topic:
top-down vs. bottom-up design
Topic:
sensitivity of software to change

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Systems are changed after construction either because their … the most difficult decisions to change are usually … code inserted several months earlier may have "wormed" … [p. 341] These considerations suggest that the early decisions should be those … takes into account little about a particular environment. …   Google-1   Google-2

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