Lehman's Laws of Software Evolution

Lehman's Laws Of Software Evolution

In Software engineering, the Laws of Software Evolution refer to a series of laws that Lehman and Belady formulated starting in 1974 with respect to Software evolution. The laws describe a balance between forces driving new developments on one hand, and forces that slow down progress on the other hand.

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