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One import fact to acknowledge is that even if a software system consists of a lot of code - there is difference in the purpose of different types of code.

We at MDriven has made a point in identifying the 3 different areas of reasons of code. We call the 3 areas Fashion, Gist and Modernity.

==== Modernity ====
The code needed for the infrastructure of the system to work - databases - network-transport - programming language - physical tiering etc - all this we classify as Modernity-code. We gave it the name Modernity because this type of code is very time dependant. A system created ten years ago looks different in its modernity-code just because the progress of software infrastructure architecture has changed.

==== Fashion ====
All the code that has primary purpose to create a finish and the right look and feel goes into the Fashion classification. Fashion - like Modernity - does not age well. Both Fashion and Modernity is under heavy change pressure from the progress of technology.

==== Gist ====
The third kind of code is what describes "the Gist" of the system - namely what information is the system handling - and what business rules guard the dynamics of that information. This kind of code has a totally different life cycle compared to Modernity and Fashion. The Gist change is driven by the progress of internal business processes rather than external environment.