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Foil 35 The Layered Software Model

From Summary of Working Groups at PAWS and PetaSoft Meetings PAWS(Mandalay Beach) and PetSoft(Bodega Bay) -- April 23 and June 17-19,96. by Geoffrey C. Fox
1 This is not really a simple stack but a set of complex relations between layers with many interfaces and modules
2 Interfaces are critical ( for composition across layers)
  • Enable control and performance for application scientists
  • Decouple CS system issues and allow exploration and innovation
3 Enable Next
4 10000
5 Users
6 For First 100
7 Pioneer Users
8 Higher Level abstractions
9 nearer to
10 application domain
11 Increasing Machine
12 detail, control
13 and management
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