Title :
Assembler to C migration using the FermaT transformation system
Author_Institution :
Mountjoy Res. Centre, Software Migrations Ltd, Durham, UK
Abstract :
The FermaT transformation system, based on research carried out over the last twelve years (1987-99) at Durham University and Software Migrations Ltd., is an industrial-strength formal transformation engine with many applications in program comprehension and language migration. The paper describes one application of the system: the migration of IBM 370 Assembler code to equivalent, maintainable C code. We present an example of using the tool to migrate a small, but complex, assembler module to C with no manual intervention required. We briefly discuss a mass migration exercise where 1925 assembler modules were successfully migrated to C code
Keywords :
C language; assembly language; program interpreters; reverse engineering; software maintenance; FermaT transformation system; IBM 370 Assembler code; assembler module; assembler modules; assembler to C migration; formal transformation engine; language migration; maintainable C code; mass migration exercise; program comprehension; Assembly systems; Control systems; Costs; Engines; Environmental economics; Logic; Programming; Reverse engineering; Software maintenance; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 1999. (ICSM '99) Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oxford
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0016-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.1999.792571
