Programming environments for reusability

Abstract

The standard techniques for the obstacles to software reuse are reviewed, and some emerging techniques that may makes a larger fraction of system software reusable are discussed. The main characteristics of five categories of programming environments are briefly examined. The categories are: structure-oriented environments, language environments, toolkit environments, software development methodologies, and system development assistants. The requirements for further development of reusability are examined, and speculations are offered as to which type of environment will be best suited to support it.<>