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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:37:05AM +0200, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote:
>    "high coherence" is the name? like every module or piece of software is
> highly specialized in a single task.

I think the word you need is 'cohesion'. Also strictly related is 'coupling'.
*The* researcher in the area Myers (these are sometimes called Myers
metrics); old stuff but still valid (when the paper title is 'Structured
Design' you'll get that was a new technique at the time XD). OOP is the
next step (well, technically is more or less at the
informational/functional level, depending on the language).

Google helps, lot of (theoretical!) stuff...


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