Executable source code and non-executable source code: analysis and relationships

The concept of source code, understood as the source components used to obtain a binary, ready to execute version of a program, comprises currently more than source code written in a programming language. Specially when we move apart from systems-programming and enter the realm of end-user applicati...

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Published inSource Code Analysis and Manipulation, Fourth IEEE International Workshop on pp. 149 - 157
Main Authors Robles, G., Gonzalez-Barahona, J.M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2004
Subjects
Application software
Computer languages
Documentation
Graphics
Multimedia systems
Performance analysis
Programming
Software performance
User interfaces
Writing
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Summary:The concept of source code, understood as the source components used to obtain a binary, ready to execute version of a program, comprises currently more than source code written in a programming language. Specially when we move apart from systems-programming and enter the realm of end-user applications, we find source files with documentation, interface specifications, internationalization and localization modules, multimedia files, etc. All of them are source code in the sense that the developer works directly with them, and the application is built automatically using them as input. This work discusses the relationship between 'classical' source code (usually written in a programming language) and these other files by analyzing a publicly-available software versioning repository. Aspects that have been studied include the nature of the software repository, the different mixtures of source code found in several software projects stored in it, the specialization of developers to the different tasks, etc.
ISBN:9780769521442
0769521444
DOI:10.1109/SCAM.2004.12