August 2018
Beginner
594 pages
22h 33m
English
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Lehman's laws of software evolution
Software evolution refers to the process of initially developing a software system and then iteratively making changes to it. Beginning in the 1970s, Manny Lehman and his colleagues studied the evolution of software systems. They identified a set of behaviors that became known as Lehman's laws of software evolution. Lehman's dedication to the study of continuous software modifications and their long-term effects earned him the nickname the father of software evolution.