Comparing programming paradigms: An evaluation of functional and object-oriented programs

Software Engineering Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 247-254

  Harrison, R ^a   Samaraweera, L G ^a   Dobie, M R ^a   Lewis, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0030189231     PISSN: 02686961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/sej.1996.0030     Document Type: Review

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