Abstract

This is the first part of a four-part document describing KARLA , an object-oriented class library of data structures and algorithms. Part I covers the principles and design rationale of KARLA . Part II describes usage of the library by novices. Advanced usage and development of components are contained in part III. An overview of the contents of KARLA is given in part IV. Four appendices conclude the description. Appendix A is on the programming support, including the configuration management system for building applications. Appendix B contains short descriptions of all KARLA classes, while appendix C gives the complete description. A glossary is provided in appendix D. 1 Overview This section gives an overview over part I of the KARLA description. In section 2, we discuss the design goals adhered to. The tradeoffs incurred by the choice and ordering of goals are discussed where appropriate. For the most part, the tradeoffs will become only in part III as this is the most detailed l...

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