Abstraction-based software development can improve the ability to control complexity in large projects when supported by adequate tools.

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Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 4: KEYSTROKES AND BRUSHSTROKES Abstractions Change, Headaches Don’t

"Abstraction-based software development can improve the ability to control complexity in large projects when supported by adequate tools."

The paper reports five years of experience and concludes that abstraction-based development provided greater ability to control complexity in large projects when adequate supporting tools were available.

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Source title Abstraction-based software development

Source authors Valdis Berzins; Michael Gray; David Naumann

Source year 1986

Confidence high

Importance high