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PUBLICATIONS

The Surgeon's Assistant

Published

Author(s)

K Gallagher, D Wallace, Frederick E. Boland Jr., D W. Binkley, James R. Lyle

Abstract

The Surgeon's Assistant is a tool for the maintainers of ANSI C programs. Using the Surgeon's Assistant, a software maintainer (a surgeon) can isolate program components for change; assess the impact of contemplated changes on components that are to remain unchanged; design, code and test the modifications so that all effects have no impact on the unchanging part. The software surgery process has four parts: build collections of decompositions using a preprocessor; combine and inspect decompositions using a graphical interface; edit the source using extensions to emacs; and compile and test within the Unix environment.
Citation
Journal of Software Maintenance
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

decomposition slicing, program slicing, regression testing, software maintenance, software tools, Surgeon's Assistant

Citation

Gallagher, K. , Wallace, D. , Boland, F. , Binkley, D. and Lyle, J. (1998), The Surgeon's Assistant, Journal of Software Maintenance (Accessed October 17, 2025)

Issues

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Created April 14, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017
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