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There are plenty of ways to write clean code that’s easier to reuse, read, and test—but no matter the method, it’s an increasingly crucial characteristic of high-quality software development. This book explores program analyzers, reverse engineering tools, and reengineering tools in-depth and explains the best ways to deploy them. This paper investigates the application of analogical reasoning techniques to complete partial requirements specifications. A basis for communication : software architecture is a sort of plan of the system and is primordial for the understanding, the negotiation and the communication between all the stakeholders (user side, customer, management, etc. Fourth International Conference on Software Reuse (ICSR4), Filled in for a panelist so there is no position paper in the proceedings, Orlando, Florida, April 1996. It is often tempting to persuade a developer or a development manager so they agree to reuse a software asset. 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