DocumentCode
2242623
Title
SFAC, a tool for program comprehension by specialization
Author
Blazy, Sandrine ; Facon, Philippe
Author_Institution
CEDRIC IIE, Evry, France
fYear
1994
fDate
14-15 Nov 1994
Firstpage
162
Lastpage
167
Abstract
This paper describes a tool for facilitating the comprehension of general programs using automatic specialization. The goal of this approach was to assist in the maintenance of old programs, which have become very complex due to numerous extensions. This paper explains why this approach was chosen, how the tool´s architecture was set up, and how the correctness of the specialization has been proved. Then, it discusses the results obtained by using this tool, and the future evolutions
Keywords
program diagnostics; reverse engineering; software tools; SFAC; automatic specialization; program comprehension; program maintenance; software tool; specialization; Application software; Computer applications; Geometry; Input variables; Natural languages; Optimizing compilers; Program processors; Software maintenance; Solid modeling; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Program Comprehension, 1994. Proceedings., IEEE Third Workshop on
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
ISSN
1092-8138
Print_ISBN
0-8186-5647-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WPC.1994.341266
Filename
341266
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