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From: angus@aegypt.demon.co.uk (Angus McIntyre)
Subject: Re: component-based software reuse and software?
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In article <D6GAKw.21y@dsbc.icl.co.uk>,
pml@oasis.icl.co.uk (Patricia Lynch) wrote:

>"Component-based software reuse" - build your software in little bits,
>each of which has a definite and limited task. 

    [ ... rest of good explanation snipped for bandwidth reasons ... ]
    
Time for a quick plug: anyone who's interested in components as they
relate to AI specifically might care to drift over to:

    http://arti.vub.ac.be/welcome.html
    
which is a Web site at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where they've
been doing some work on reusability in knowledge-based systems (cf also
"Components of Expertise", Luc Steels, AI Magazine, Summer 1990).

Disclaimer: the reason that's a plug is because I wrote part of some of
the software they use, but I think the approach is interesting, and
they address some issues that could be of interest to people who
are working on reusability in AI.

    Cheers
    
            A

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