On: A Plea for Lean Software (1995) [pdf]

[jolux]

> For example, the same package can have a public interface for in-house consume that is wider than the official public interface for third parties.

Isn’t this similar to package private in Java or internal in C#?

[pjmlp → jolux]

Not really, because the interface is separate from the implementation and you can provide multiple interface packages for the same implementation package.

So client A sees mylib-public-A, client B sees mylib-public-B, but both link to the same mylib so to speak.

[jolux → pjmlp]

Ahhh, neat!

[kqr → jolux]

Yes, except that still limits you to two consumers.