• DocumentCode
    1760275
  • Title

    Code Inflation

  • Author

    Holzmann, Gerard J.

  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Mar.-Apr. 2015
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    Much of the increase in the size of software applications is unnecessary. The history of the tiny Unix /bin/true command illustrates this growth.
  • Keywords
    Unix; software engineering; Unix /bin/true command; code inflation; software applications; Codes; Encoding; Software development; Unix; Unix; code size; software development; true command;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2015.40
  • Filename
    7057573
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1760275