The Frequency Distribution of Operators in PL/I Programs

  • Authors:

  • S. H. Zweben;M. H. Halstead

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 1979

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Abstract

During the past few years, several investigators have noted definite patterns in the distribution of operators in computer programs. Their proposed models have provided explanations for other observed software phenomena and have suggested possible relationships between programming languages and natural languages. However, these models contain notable deficiencies.