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From: ath@prosys.se (Anders Thulin)
Newsgroups: comp.sw.components
Subject: Re: What is a reusable software component? (long, includes code)
Keywords: software component definition
Message-ID: <533@helios.prosys.se>
Date: 26 Jul 90 19:03:58 GMT
References: <27705@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Organization: Telesoft AB, Teknikringen 2A, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden
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In article <27705@athertn.Atherton.COM> paul@athertn.Atherton.COM (Paul Sander) writes:

> [ ... deleted ... ]
>- How can it be made better?

By providing:

* external storage capability

  These should be some way to store the B-tree on secondary memory, so
  that the data it contains could be reused in another program.

* browser

  That is, providing a `bt_user_search(tree)' which presents the data
  in the tree, and lets the user select an item for further computation.

This is something I think most components that implement data structures
should have. At least those implementing `complicated' structures.

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Anders Thulin       ath@prosys.se   {uunet,mcsun}!sunic!prosys!ath
Telesoft Europe AB, Teknikringen 2B, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden