The March into the Black Hole of Complexity: Addressing the root causes of rapidly increasing software complexity.

The article discusses the causes of the increasing complexity of software systems. Topics include the idea of a mismatch between computer hardware and computer software in relation to the history of the computer industry; the complexity of software development, deployment, and sustainment; and probl...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 43 - 46
Autor principal:	Lawson, Harold "Bud"
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery May2018
Materias:	Computer software Complexity (Philosophy) Computer software development Software engineering History of computers History
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Sumario:	The article discusses the causes of the increasing complexity of software systems. Topics include the idea of a mismatch between computer hardware and computer software in relation to the history of the computer industry; the complexity of software development, deployment, and sustainment; and problems facing software engineering as a discipline.