Title :
Current parsing techniques in software renovation considered harmful
Author :
van den Brand, Mark ; Sellink, Alex ; Verhoef, Chris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Software Eng., CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
We evaluate the parsing technology used by people working in the reengineering industry. We discuss parser generators and complete systems like Yacc, TXL, TAMPR, REFINE, CobolTransformer, COSMOS, and ASF+SDF. We explain the merits and drawbacks of the various techniques. We conclude that current technology may cause problems for the reengineering industry and that modular and/or compositional parsing techniques are a possible solution
Keywords :
context-free grammars; software maintenance; systems re-engineering; ASF+SDF; COSMOS; CobolTransformer; REFINE; TAMPR; TXL; Yacc; compositional parsing techniques; parser generators; reengineering industry; software renovation; Assembly; Computer industry; Concrete; Environmental economics; Natural languages; Refining; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 1998. IWPC '98. Proceedings., 6th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ischia
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8560-3
DOI :
10.1109/WPC.1998.693325
