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| J.A. Lehman, "An Empirical Comparison of Textual and Graphical Data Structure Documentation for Cobol Programs," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 1131-1135, September, 1989. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/32.31370, author = {J.A. Lehman}, title = {An Empirical Comparison of Textual and Graphical Data Structure Documentation for Cobol Programs}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, volume = {15}, number = {9}, issn = {0098-5589}, year = {1989}, pages = {1131-1135}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.31370}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering TI - An Empirical Comparison of Textual and Graphical Data Structure Documentation for Cobol Programs IS - 9 SN - 0098-5589 SP1131 EP1135 EPD - 1131-1135 A1 - J.A. Lehman, PY - 1989 KW - textual data structure documentation; graphical data structure documentation; Cobol programs; textual tools; graphical tools; program understanding phase; Cobol program maintenance; COBOL; computer graphics; data structures; system documentation; word processinga VL - 15 JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ER - | |||
The author presents the results of an experimental investigation into the comparative usefulness of textual tools and graphical tools for the program understanding phase of Cobol program maintenance. Both novice and experienced programmers are used as subjects. The results show a slight superiority for graphical tools when they are used by less experienced programmers. They cast doubt on the importance of rigid adherence to program design methodologies for experienced programmers and on the extensibility of experiments using relatively inexperienced student subjects.
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