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C preprocessor use in numerical tools: an empirical analysis

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Edward B. Allen,

Maheshwar Chandrasekar,

Karolina A. SarnowskaAuthors Info & Claims

ACMSE '09: Proceedings of the 47th annual ACM Southeast Conference

Article No.: 25, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1566445.1566480

Published: 19 March 2009 Publication History

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The C preprocessor is a significant aspect of C and C++ programming. Ernst, Badros, and Notkin analyzed usage of the C preprocessor by a general set of 26 software packages. This paper extends that work with a case study of eight numerical tools from the Advanced Computational Software (acts) collection.

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M. D. Ernst, G. J. Badros, and D. Notkin, "An Empirical Analysis of C Preprocessor Use," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 28, no. 12, Dec. 2002, pp. 1146--1170.

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ACMSE '09: Proceedings of the 47th annual ACM Southeast Conference

March 2009

430 pages

ISBN:9781605584218

DOI:10.1145/1566445

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ACM SE 09: ACM Southeast Regional Conference

March 19 - 21, 2009

South Carolina, Clemson

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