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From: schutten@prls.UUCP (Rindert Schutten)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Maintenance problems
Message-ID: <38653@prls.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 90 20:06:00 GMT
Reply-To: schutten@prls.UUCP (Rindert Schutten)
Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California
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I am interested in  re-engineering, transformation and porting PROBLEMS for
*real* (commercal) applications from a practical point of view, i.e. what are
the problems one encounters when an existing piece of software  has to be
ported to a different platform, operating system, language (dialect), window 
system, database etc.

I therefore would like to hear from people who have practical experience, 
or can refer me to articles and or books on this subject.  Actually one of 
the languages I think provides a rich source of problems is COBOL, since 
so much software has been written in it, so long ago. Similarly FORTRAN 
will probably provide the necessary problems. But also problems regarding 
other languages C, C++, ADA etc. most definitely have my interest, i.e. 
I am NOT restricting this request to particular programming languages.

When I get sufficient response I will post a summary of the problems on 
the net, which will be beneficial for anyone I who wants to provide tools
to alleviate the maintenance process.

Rindert Schutten
Philips Research Sunnyvale
schutten@prls.uucp (pyramid!prls!schutten)