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Static Analysis.

The article describes static program analysis in computer programming and code. According to the article, static program analysis is comprised of algorithms that have the ability to take facts from the source code of another computer program in the everyday process of software development. The artic...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 50 - 55
Main Author: THOMSON, PATRICK
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jan2022
Subjects:
Computer software development
Algorithms
Source code
Computer programming
Human behavior
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article describes static program analysis in computer programming and code. According to the article, static program analysis is comprised of algorithms that have the ability to take facts from the source code of another computer program in the everyday process of software development. The article draws a distinction between the terms pass and tool, the implementation of static analysis tools, and the significance of human behavior in the adoption of static tools.