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computing, and it explores how the development of scientific software can be
improved.
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From the Editor
Essentials of Software Process (PDF)
Process trends are often mapped according to their emphasis on people,
technology, and rigor. A more complete scheme requires dissection in terms of
seven essential, mutually reinforcing characteristics: human-centricity,
technical orientation, discipline, pragmatism, empiricism, experimentation, and
value orientation. | Hakan
Erdogmus
Guest Editors' Introduction
Developing Scientific Software (PDF)
Introducing two articles, one on
stochastic optimization modeling and one on making statistics part of decision
making, and a Point/Counterpoint debate. | Judith Segal and Chris Morris
On Architecture
Measuring
Architectural Complexity (PDF)
To understand and measure complex software systems, you can use a
variety of complexity metrics as rules of thumb: SLOC, the number of design
patterns at work, how your chosen metrics change over time, and more. | Grady Booch
Tools of the Trade
The Way We Program (PDF)
Code that lacks comments, meaningful identifiers, and correct
indentation is a nightmare. By studying 30 programs of various sizes, the
author found that more than half of the code served developers rather than the
compiler. | Diomidis
Spinellis
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