Modern Coding Practices and Programmer Performance
ComputerPublished 1 December 1979
Sheppard, Curtis, Milliman, Love
Citations128
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Abstract
The late 70' s find structured programming increasingly popular—this and other techniques are programming's future. But what does experimental evaluation say about their actual effects on programmer performance?
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