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March/April 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 2)
pp. 78-87
The Separation Principle: A Programming Paradigm
Yasushi Kambayashi, Nippon Institute of Technology
Henry F. Ledgard, University of Toledo
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This paper introduces a programming paradigm known as the principle. The separation principle is a simple and natural way of constructing programs. Its intuitive nature and ease of use make it easy to implement many different software designs. A preliminary study shows that this programming paradigm improves programs’ understandability.
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Index Terms- programming paradigm, programming style, understandability
Citation:
Yasushi Kambayashi, Henry F. Ledgard,
"The Separation Principle: A Programming Paradigm,"
IEEE Software,
vol. 21,
no. 2,
pp. 78-87,
Mar/Apr,
2004
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