Data Referencing: An Empirical Investigation
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Computer
- Vol. 12 (12) , 50-59
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.1979.1658576
Abstract
The language features selected affect the difficulty of the programming process. Proper choices of variables referenced and those "alive" per statement may simplify both program construction and maintenance.Keywords
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