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Designing maintainable software requires looking at programs and programming from the perspective of one about to alter the code. It is more than writing understandable code. It is a change in attitude that affects many decisions in the computer department. Making the computer efficient is still important. Only now it is weighed against the impact it has on maintenance.
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Smith, D.D. (1999). Concluding Remarks. In: Designing Maintainable Software. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1500-4_16
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