Does code decay? Assessing the evidence from change management data.
A central feature of the evolution of large software systems is that change-which is necessary to add new functionality, accommodate new hardware, and repair faults-becomes increasingly difficult over time. We approach this phenomenon, which we term code decay, scientifically and statistically. We d...
| Publicat a: | IEEE Transactions on software engineering 27, 1 (2001). |
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| Format: | Article |
| Idioma: | English |
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