Why software writing is difficult and will remain so

Information Processing Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-25

  Jackson, Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Safety security in digital systems; Software design and implementation; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY OF DATA; TECHNICAL WRITING;

GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042736775     PISSN: 00200190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-0190(03)00384-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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