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<h3 align="center">AspectJ Design Overview</h3>

<h4>Contents</h4>
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	<li><a href="compiler-weaver/index.html">Guide for Developers of the AspectJ Compiler and Weaver</a></li>
	<li><a href="modules.html">Module Structure</a></li>
	<li><a href="language.html">Language Design</a></li>
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<h4 class="paragraph">Here are some sobering words from David Parnas on 
&quot;Ignorant Surgery&quot; in his paper on Software Aging:</h4>
<h4 class="smallParagraph">&quot;Although it is essential to upgrade software to 
prevent aging, changing software can cause a different form of aging. The 
designer of a piece of software usually had a simple concept in mind when 
writing the program. If the program is large, understanding the concept allows 
one to find those sections of the program that must be altered when an update or 
correction is needed. Understanding that concept also implies understanding the 
interfaces used within the system and between the system and its environment.&nbsp; 
Changes made by people who do not understand the original design concept almost 
always cause the structure of the program to degrade. Under those circumstances, 
changes will be inconsistent with the original concept; in fact, they will 
invalidate the original concept. Sometimes the damage is small, but often it is 
quite severe. After those changes, one must know both the original design rules 
and the newly introduced exceptions to the rules, to understand the product. 
After many such changes, the original designers no longer understand the 
product. Those who made the changes, never did. In other words, *nobody* 
understands the modified product.<br>
Software that has been repeatedly modified (maintained) in this way becomes very 
expensive to update. Changes take longer and are more likely to introduce new 
'bugs'.&quot;</h4>

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