The DAVE System: A Critique and Guide for Use at the Ballistic Research Laboratory.

Abstract

DAVE is a static program analyzer. That is, DAVE looks at ANSI standard FORTRAN programs of moderate size and provides documentation, analysis, validation and error detection (hence, its well hidden acronym), without executing the program. This paper endeavors to critique the DAVE system in an unbiased fashion. The authors were without prior knowledge of the system before its purchase. It is the authors' conclusion; however, that DAVE represents a useful validation tool for analysis of FORTRAN programs, beyond that initially provided by compiler. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060674

Entities

People

  • Joseph Lacetera
  • Morton A. Hirschberg
  • William Buchheister

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Army Aviation
  • Colorado
  • Compilers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Transmission
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Errors
  • Information Science
  • Side Effects
  • Standards
  • Universities
  • Validation

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  • Computer Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design