>Mike-
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>>A first-order principle of software architecture is to reduce coupling and increase cohesion."
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>>A module must be coherent and it must reduce coupling.
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>It's going to take a while to digest the essence of your question, but I have a maybe not insignificant quibble.
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>Cohesion => cohesive ! coherent.
Actually, both derive from the latin for stick together. There is much to be gained from the idea that a class or module is coherent and cohesive.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=coherenthttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cohesion
