Characteristic errors in programming languages

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Proceedings of the 1978 annual conference - Volume 2 table of contents

Pages: 570 - 575

Year of Publication: 1978

ISBN:0-89791-000-1

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J. D. Gannon

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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

This paper examines the features of a small ALGOL-like language for characteristic errors. These errors occur in the general use of a language feature, rather than its use in a particular program. Language design and defensive programming are suggested as ways of dealing with these errors. Data collected in observing 33 subjects writing small (43-216 lines), but sophisticated programs demonstrate that these errors are both frequent and persistent in the development of programs.

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