Legacy assembler reengineering and migration.

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2004-09-01

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In this paper we describe the legacy assembler problem and describe how the FermaT transformation system is used to reengineer assembler systems and migrate from assembler to C and COBOL. Legacy assembler presents unique challenges to automated analysis and migration. The paper discusses these challenges and the solutions implemented in the FermaT system. A successful migration project is described: this involved migrating over 3000 assembler source modules to efficient and maintainable C code. Very few research outputs report on "real" software systems. This paper is one of them.

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RAE 2008, UoA 23 Computer Science and Informatics

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Ward, M., Hardcastle, T. and Zedan, H. (2004) Legacy assembler reengineering and migration. Proceedings of the IEEE ICSM, pp. 157-166.

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Research Institute