Component Based Programming in Scientific Computing: The Viable Approach

TL;DR

This paper examines the shift towards component-based programming in scientific computing, analyzing the driving needs, community inertia, current efforts, and technical challenges involved in adopting this approach.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of the motivations, obstacles, and future perspectives of implementing component-based programming in scientific computing.

Findings

Identifies key factors hindering transition to component-based programming.

Analyzes current efforts and their limitations.

Discusses technical and practical challenges to adoption.

Abstract

Computational scientists are facing a new era where the old ways of developing and reusing code have to be left behind and a few daring steps are to be made towards new horizons. The present work analyzes the needs that drive this change, the factors that contribute to the inertia of the community and slow the transition, the status and perspective of present attempts, the principle, practical and technical problems that are to be addressed in the short and long run.