CONTR47@NOSC-TECR.ARPA (06/20/87)
-- 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. -- regards, sam harbaugh ---------------------