ELECTRONIC BOOK

 

WILD SOFTWARE META-SYSTEMS

 

by Kent Duane Palmer, Ph.D.

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copyright 1996 Kent Palmer

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release date 960610

 

 

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WILD SOFTWARE META-SYSTEMS by Kent D. Palmer, Ph.D.

 

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This book is about the philosophy underlying software engineering,

software design meta-methodology, and the future of software process.

 

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