Automated Support for Legacy Code Understanding

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 50-57

  Ning, Jim Q ^a   Engberts, Andre ^a   Kozaczynski, W Voytek ^a  

^a ACCENTURE   (United States)

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EID: 84976824797     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/175290.175295     Document Type: Article

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