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In article <1992Nov6.175825.2978@ampex.com> leepeng@ampex.com (Peng Lee) writes:
>In article <ksand-051192155051@wintermute.apple.com> ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik ) writes:
>>
>>Well, as a former HW designer, and current OO programmer I have to make
>>the statement that HW engineers don't subclass ICs, they define glue 
>>electronics for combining the ICs for more functionality. If we find
>
>Here's other POV.
>
>	I think 80486 is sub(super)class of 8086.  There are also a lot
>	ICs that use the 8086 as core and add other functionalities.
>
>	In software, I believe X-window protocol, MS-Window API, DOS
>	interrupt functions are good examples of some very successful 
>	reuseable software components.   If we agree on this, maybe 
>	we should start analysis why these APIs succeed. 
>
>
>

They succeed because they are well defined (well at least fairly well
documented).  Also, they succeed because they are thin.  If you understand the
context, such as DOS, each DOS interrupt function can be easily understood.
Learning the context is the trick.  I suppose this means that they also have an
undertandable context also.

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