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Software technology: present and future

Published:22 April 1976Publication History

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This paper provides an examination of current software techniques and practices. Special attention is given to established methods for software production and management of software development activities. Present software development tools and their relationships to the development process are presented. In addition, other basic software technology areas for future research and development are discussed. These areas include: specialized language applications, generalized support software system, automated code verification/validation techniques and high order language computer.

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    ACM-SE 14: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference
    April 1976
    406 pages
    ISBN:9781450373319
    DOI:10.1145/503561

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    • Published: 22 April 1976

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