If systems are designed with proper purpose-oriented abstractions expressed in appropriate language, then modular structure with guaranteed reliability becomes achievable.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• Abstraction is the key of any modularization; without it, reliability and correctness guarantees vanish.claim0.835
  Fundamental design principle driving Oberon: proper abstraction enables modular structure and maintainability.
• MCA provides reliability: modular agential systems can be trusted to accomplish tasks even when changes occur, facilitating cooperation and investment in complex regulation.claim0.802
  Subclaim.
• We want to build systems which can be enhanced and modified in a piecemeal fashion. This is necessary because the requirements for systems inevitably change, sometimes even before they are deployed for the very first time.quote0.780
  Opening statement of the GARDEN OF APPLICATIONS pattern, articulating the core force.
• Entity-Component-System architecture reflects principles of modular wholeness.claim0.772
• Concepts are not just subjective mental constructs, but are objective features of a system's design: increments of functionality that were consciously introduced by a designer to serve particular purposes.concept0.771
  Central definition from the abstract.
• In modern architecture, neither design nor construction typically works step by step; instead there is a fixed end-state produced without realistic feedback.claim0.769
  Contrast between living process and current architectural practice.
• 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.claim0.769
  Critique that Parlog's abstraction level is too high and restrictive.
• ALL the well-ordered complex systems we know in the world, all those anyway that we view as highly successful, are GENERATED structures, not fabricated structures.claim0.769
  The central thesis of the chapter; supported by examples from nature, artifacts, and human settlements.