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- From: king@rtsg.mot.com (Steven King, Software Archaeologist)
- Subject: Need references on moving old code to new platform
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.005850.14463@rtsg.mot.com>
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 00:58:50 GMT
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- Does anyone know of any references which discuss moving old code from
- one hardware platform to another? I'm not looking for books on how to
- write portable code; those are a dime a dozen. I'm looking for
- something which discusses moving a large existing body of poorly
- written and documented code to a completely new platform. The points
- I'm interested in are:
-
- - Conversion of languages (ie., upgrading COBOL or assembler into
- C, Ada, etc.)
- - Recovering and documenting undocumented design
- - Where's the break-even point for converting existing code versus
- re-writing things from scratch?
-
- I've got my own feelings on the subject, but I'd like to see what others
- have done and learned in the process.
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- Never let anyone know you're good at something you | Steven King
- dislike. You'll find yourself doing it forever. | Motorola Cellular
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