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Acknowledgments

David Parnas defined many of the structures we described in several papers, including his “Buzzword” paper (Parnas 1974). Jon Bentley was an inspiration in this work and he, Deborah Hill, and Mark Klein made many useful suggestions on earlier drafts.

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