Programming-in-the-large: past, present, and future
W.F. Tichy · International Conference on Software Engineering · 1992
The historical development of the concepts of programming-in-the-large is surveyed, covering layered systems, information hiding, languages for programming-in-the-large, object-oriented languages, and software configuration management.Large-scale reuse, stronger foundations and better tools, cataloging of software architectures, and improved preparation of software engineers are identified as future directions.