For instance, the class-based object-oriented programming paradigm is often associated with maintainability
Or for entreprise software: http://computationalculture.net/the-fizzbuzz-programming-test-a-case-based-exploration-of-rhetorical-style-in-code/, section "FizzBuzz in Java Enterprise Edition".
(Should the symbolic associations always refer to software itself? What about the context in which it is built?)