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Improving productivity in large scale testing at the compiler level by changing the intermediate language from C++ to Java Cover

Improving productivity in large scale testing at the compiler level by changing the intermediate language from C++ to Java

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Informatica
Volume 13 (2021): Issue 1 (June 2021)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausi-2021-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2066-7760
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Language: English
Page range: 134 - 179
Submitted on: Apr 18, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2021
Published online: Jul 8, 2021
Published in print: Jun 1, 2021
Published by: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
C, C++,
Java,
IDE,
compiler,
Titan,
developer productivity,
performance,
efficiency,
incremental compilation,
industrial experience,
TTCN-3
MSC:
68N20
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Computer sciences, other

© 2021 Izabella Ingrid Farkas, Kristóf Szabados, Attila Kovács, published by Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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