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Quote: maintenance programmers either systematically learn how a program behaves or learn the system as-needed; the former does better

topics > all references > references i-l > QuoteRef: littDC12_1987 , p. 342



Group:
software maintenance
Topic:
symbolic execution

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The programmer using the systematic strategy [of program modification] wants to understand how the program behaves before attempting to … execution of the data flow paths between subroutines. … In contrast to the programmer using the systematic … The programmer attempts, as soon as possible, to … … [p. 342] Our empirical data show that there is … the program successfully. … [p. 353] Subjects in our study were not allowed … Programmers using the as-needed strategy may depend more … strategy.   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: systematic maintenance programmers perform, by hand, extensive symbolic execution of the data flow paths between subroutines

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