Viewing the system as a collection of applications is a valid and useful approach.

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• Is the way that we view design, planning, and construction—in all the spheres mentioned, ecosystems, buildings, communities, objects, computers and computer software—the right way to produce sufficient complexity, and does what we are doing have a chance of success?question0.799
  Opening rhetorical question that frames the problem of creating complexity.
• When a problem has a simple solution, a useful system will give programmers access to the simple solution; Parlog forces complex solutions to simple problems.claim0.797
  Critique that Parlog's abstraction level is too high and restrictive.
• Make the components with which the user interacts standard applications which provide standard facilities and interfaces. These applications have a standard interface by which the backplane can manage their lifecycle methods. These applications can be dynamically loaded to help reduce the overall footprint of the system. Avoid having applications communicate directly with one another – use the interface repository for this purpose.claim0.788
  Prescriptive claim for the STANDARD APPLICATIONS pattern.
• An explicit focus on runtime architecture leads to a more dynamic and changeable system.claim0.783
  Core design philosophy of the paper.
• Create a framework onto which the application level functions can easily be deployed. This is done by splitting the entire application into two broad categories, the backplane and standard applications. Make sure to provide facilities, such as an interface repository, to reduce coupling between applications.claim0.777
  Prescriptive claim summarizing the GARDEN OF APPLICATIONS pattern.
• I believe such a system of living processes can be described precisely, can be made practical, and can be implemented.claim0.777
  Alexander's optimistic programmatic statement for a worldwide generative system.
• A system-agnostic approach offers the best roadmap for a deep, empirically fruitful unification of frameworks across cybernetics, behavioural science, bioengineering, robotics, materials science, and biomedicine.claim0.770
  Prescriptive claim that ignoring substrate will unify diverse fields.
• Software programs could function as semilattices rather than hierarchical trees.claim0.767