Inter-program communications, program string structures and buffer files
Edward Morenoff, John B. McLean · 1967
Receptiveness to change is one of the most important attributes of a programming system. There are obvious advantages associated with being responsive to changes in a system's environment without being required to essentially redesign the system. These environmental changes may take the form of variations in the functions to be performed by the system or in the applications to which the system is put. They may be reflected in modifications of the content or structure of the data which the system is to process. They may even appear as changes in the number, type or function of the equipments comprising the computer within which the system is operated.