11.6. Components, Sand, and Bricks

What do the lessons about the invention, further development, and adoption of your language say to people developing computer systems today and in the foreseeable future?

Brad: I've been interested in multilevel integration (aka encapsulation) for as long as I can recall: the ability to subdivide work so that it can be allocated to specialists, then use their work products with little or no need to break the encapsulation, to know "what's inside" to use it successfully.