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Leveraging IBM visual age for C++ for reverse engineering tasks

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CASCON '99: Proceedings of the 1999 conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative research

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The IBM VisualAge for C++ development environment provides tool writers with the ability to query the compiler's internal data structures for information on the programs being compiled. This paper shows how these features can be used to write data extractors for supplying data to common reverse engineering tools, while significantly reducing the complexity of the data extractors and the time needed to develop these as compared to using traditional approaches and programming tools.

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Kienle HMüller H(2010)Rigi-An environment for software reverse engineering, exploration, visualization, and redocumentationScience of Computer Programming10.1016/j.scico.2009.10.00775:4(247-263)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.scico.2009.10.007
Rayside DLitoiu MStorey MBest CHarris HWoodsworth ABauer MJohnson J(2001)Integrating SHriMP with the IBM websphere studio workbenchProceedings of the 2001 conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative research10.5555/782096.782110Online publication date: 5-Nov-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/782096.782110
Müller HJahnke JSmith DStorey MTilley SWong KFinkelstein A(2000)Reverse engineeringProceedings of the Conference on The Future of Software Engineering10.1145/336512.336526(47-60)Online publication date: 1-May-2000
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/336512.336526

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Leveraging IBM visual age for C++ for reverse engineering tasks
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software post-development issues
      1. Software reverse engineering
  2. Software notations and tools

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Kienle HMüller H(2010)Rigi-An environment for software reverse engineering, exploration, visualization, and redocumentationScience of Computer Programming10.1016/j.scico.2009.10.00775:4(247-263)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.scico.2009.10.007
Rayside DLitoiu MStorey MBest CHarris HWoodsworth ABauer MJohnson J(2001)Integrating SHriMP with the IBM websphere studio workbenchProceedings of the 2001 conference of the Centre for Advanced Studies on Collaborative research10.5555/782096.782110Online publication date: 5-Nov-2001
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/782096.782110
Müller HJahnke JSmith DStorey MTilley SWong KFinkelstein A(2000)Reverse engineeringProceedings of the Conference on The Future of Software Engineering10.1145/336512.336526(47-60)Online publication date: 1-May-2000
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/336512.336526

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