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P2.13 A Radical Approach to Software Modularity in Telescope Control Software

Mark H. Clark (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank)

A difficulty in writing control software for research telescopes is designing sufficient flexibility to handle continually changing requirements. The primary goal of the control software architecture for NRAO's new 100-meter radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia is flexibility through the construction of a radically modular software system.



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