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Foreet: A tool for design and documentation of fortran programs
Author(s) -
BenAri Mordechai
Publication year - 1986
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.4380161004
Subject(s) - fortran , documentation , computer science , programming language , software engineering , premise , software , program design language , philosophy , linguistics
Foreet is a software tool for the design and documentation of Fortran programs. It is based on the premise that documents accompanying a program should be computerized and integrated: computerized–to ensure fast, easy and inexpensive updating; integrated–to ensure that the documents reflect what is actually contained in the program and not some idealized notion. Foreet takes a syntactically correct Fortran program (or skeleton of a program) and comments in a specified format and writes a report. It can be used to document existing programs, though the best results will be obtained if the documentation is developed concurrently with the program. Foreet is concerned with data description and subprogram interfaces. By encouraging precise specification of these critical facets of a program, Foreet can improve the quality of programs.