Code migration and program maintainability---a categorical perspective

  • Authors:
  • Alex de V. Garcia;Edward Hermann Haeusler

  • Affiliations:
  • Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Pontifícia Univ. Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Information Processing Letters
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

When translating existing programs that are under constant mainenance, preserving program maintainability should be a special concern. In spite of its importance, no formal criteria were ever established for guiding translation designers in their task. This paper prosposes a formal criterion that language translations should attend in order to preserve program maintainability.