Abstract
Software systems are unlike most entities whose--existence, persistence, development, and integrity as single individuals are presupposed by ordinary acts of naming. This paper broaches the issue of how naming practices in software evolution may significantly impact software maintenance and--evolvability. We explore how naming in the realm of software is unlike naming of other types of phenomena to which we apply usual human naming practices. Such naming practices have been--naively generalized to the realm of software. In the software realm, naming practices have been co-opted for political roles in reification as well as in the mobilization of commitment and resources.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Procs of the 2005 IEEE Int Workshop on Software Evolvability |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 23-28 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-7695-2460-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |