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Portability—prediction and correction
Author(s) -
Hague Stephen J.,
Ford Brian
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380060106
Subject(s) - software portability , computer science , coding (social sciences) , selection (genetic algorithm) , software , artificial intelligence , machine learning , natural language processing , programming language , statistics , mathematics
We consider the attainment of portability through the successive refinements of an initial coding attempt. This may be seen as prediction followed by correction. Recent attention has been given to the mechanical selection of software variants stored in a single composite file. We conclude that, under some circumstances, it is also necessary to consider the updating of the file as well as extraction from it.