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Subject: reuse - suggestion to include usage history in metrics
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Date: Sat, 20-Jun-87 16:27:45 EDT
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You don't write reusable code, you write useable code, use it,
then it becomes reusable. The reason I make such a statement
is to set the stage for making the suggestion that reuseable code's
useage history is an important attribute and one which I
would like to see the reuseabilty research people include
in their reusability metrics.
  For examples just think of selecting a spreadsheet etc
to reuse (buy at the software store).
   I suspect that most software being touted as reuseable
today ( at Simtel20 repository for instance) is not
reuseable because it hasn't been used for the first time.
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regards, sam harbaugh
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