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The object-oriented programming paradigm has emerged from the desire to find adequate techniques for mastering the complexity of software development. As observed by Booch [12], complex software systems are characterized by two essential features. First, they can be described by the Same canonical form consisting of two orthogonal hierarchies, the so-called kind-of and partof hierarchies. Second, they have a tendency to evolve. Consequently, the success of a programming paradigm in mastering the complexity of software development strongly depends on the quality of the mechanisms it provides for supporting these two features.
“ … Mozart was able to achieve new musical effects by making use of crescendo, a new form of musical technology that extended the range of parametric variation. Inheritance is an example of a new computational technology that extends the range of incremental variations …” - Wegner and Zdonik [135]
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Mezini, M. (1998). Incremental Variations in Object-Oriented Programming. In: Variational Object-Oriented Programming Beyond Classes and Inheritance. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 470. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5627-5_1
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