Software readability is a property that influences how easily a given piece of code can be read and understood. Since readability can affect maintainability, quality, etc., prog...
Abstract. We discuss the challenges faced by bytecode analyzers designed for code verification compared to similar analyzers for source code. While a bytecode-level analysis brings...
With the success of libre (free, open source) software, a new type of software compilation has become increasingly common. Such compilations, often referred to as ‘distributions...
Program source is an intermediate representation of software; it lies between a developer’s intention and the hardware’s execution. Despite advances in languages and developme...
Geoffrey Lefebvre, Brendan Cully, Michael J. Feele...
Detecting code clones has many software engineering applications. Existing approaches either do not scale to large code bases or are not robust against minor code modifications. I...