Software—Practice & Experience
Conversion of Computer Software
Conversion of Computer Software
Software Engineering Economics
Software Engineering Economics
Comparing the cost of software conversion to the cost of reprogramming
ACM SIGPLAN Notices
Mixed language programming realization and the provision of data types
ACM SIGNUM Newsletter
Automatic language conversion and its place in the transition to Ada
SIGAda '85 Proceedings of the 1985 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada
Development productivity for commercial software using object-oriented methods
CASCON '95 Proceedings of the 1995 conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative research
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A simple model for estimating the cost of mixed language programming (MLP) is considered. It is based on the empirical information concerning the expense of learning and practically using inter-language communication facilities available in commercial high-level language compiler environments and some static models for inter and intra-language conversion costs and the cost of producing new software. Calculations show that MLP can be very cost effective and compiler manufacturers should be encouraged to incorporate good (and perhaps standardized) inter-language communication facilities into new versions of their high-level language environments.