Virtual separation of concerns - A second chance for preprocessors

Journal of Object Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 59-78

  Kästner, Christian ^a   Apel, Sven ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

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EID: 77956319173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16601769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5381/jot.2009.8.6.c5     Document Type: Article

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