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Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
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A Paradigm for Programming Style Research

Author

Paul W. Oman,Curtis R. Cook

Entry type

article

Abstract

Programming style guidelines and automated coding sytle analyzers have been developed without a solid experimental or theoretical basis. In this paper we make a distinction between typographic sytle characteristics and underlying structural style content and show that this distinction aids in assessing the influence of style factors. This distinction permits straightforward identification of specific style factors and a better understanding of thier effect on program comprehension. The results of our studies have a direct impact on automated coding style assessment programs, programming standards, program maintainablity, and code formatting tools.

Date

1988 – December

URL

http://delivery.acm.org/10.114 ... 9740&CFTOKEN=89094580

Journal

SIGPLAN Notices

Key alpha

Oman

Number

12

Pages

69 - 78

Volume

23

Publication Date

2001-01-01

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