USING THE PROGRAMMING WALKTHROUGH TO AID IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE DESIGN

Authors
BELL B CITRIN W LEWIS C RIEMAN J WEAVER R WILDE N ZORN B
Citation
B. Bell et al., USING THE PROGRAMMING WALKTHROUGH TO AID IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE DESIGN, Software, practice & experience, 24(1), 1994, pp. 1-25
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Software, practice & experience → ACNP
ISSN journal
00380644
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0644(1994)24:1<1:UTPWTA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The programming walkthrough is a method for assessing how easy or hard it will be for users to write programs in a programming language. It is intended to enable language designers to identify problems early in design and to help them choose among alternative designs. We describe the method and present experience in applying it in four language des ign projects. Results indicate that the method is a useful supplement to existing design approaches.