Reverse Engineering from Assembler to Formal Specifications via Program Transformations
arXiv:cs/0105006 · doi:10.1109/WCRE.2000.891448
Abstract
The FermaT transformation system, based on research carried out over the last sixteen years at Durham University, De Montfort University and Software Migrations Ltd., is an industrial-strength formal transformation engine with many applications in program comprehension and language migration. This paper is a case study which uses automated plus manually-directed transformations and abstractions to convert an IBM 370 Assembler code program into a very high-level abstract specification.
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