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Automated support for legacy code understanding

Automated support for legacy code understanding Automated Supportfor Legacy Code Understand3ng any large companies inhibiting a legacy can be approached system, requirements. are facing growth in a number replacing a problem: and capacity their legacy systems This are their business to chans. problem new rules in else of ways. One way is to simply get rid of to meet business anywhere for many reasons. critical For exam- it with a new one developed systep contains This option is rarely exercised assets to the company. very difficult ple, more often than not, alegacy ,that are valuable and are therefore Another the code may not be accurately alternative The business rules embedded and explicitly to capture documented and redevelop. is to encapsulate a legacy system so it can be used or within a new system. is the use of terminal machine and feaarc is a mainframe as a whole under a new execution A very simple example emulators terminal intelligent preserved. to translate workstations. data streams environment between of such system “wrapping” screens so that dumb terminals This approach can be replaced with LAN-based has a number of attractive function&ties tures: 1) &f&y. Since there is no software change,original is necessary limitations: 2) Low cost. Since http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Communications of the ACM Association for Computing Machinery

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Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 by ACM Inc.
ISSN
0001-0782
DOI
10.1145/175290.175295
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Abstract

Automated Supportfor Legacy Code Understand3ng any large companies inhibiting a legacy can be approached system, requirements. are facing growth in a number replacing a problem: and capacity their legacy systems This are their business to chans. problem new rules in else of ways. One way is to simply get rid of to meet business anywhere for many reasons. critical For exam- it with a new one developed systep contains This option is rarely exercised assets to the company. very difficult ple, more often than not, alegacy ,that are valuable and are therefore Another the code may not be accurately alternative The business rules embedded and explicitly to capture documented and redevelop. is to encapsulate a legacy system so it can be used or within a new system. is the use of terminal machine and feaarc is a mainframe as a whole under a new execution A very simple example emulators terminal intelligent preserved. to translate workstations. data streams environment between of such system “wrapping” screens so that dumb terminals This approach can be replaced with LAN-based has a number of attractive function&ties tures: 1) &f&y. Since there is no software change,original is necessary limitations: 2) Low cost. Since

Journal

Communications of the ACMAssociation for Computing Machinery

Published: May 1, 1994

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