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A Large-Scale Study of Programming Languages and Code Quality in Github

What is the effect of programming languages on software quality? In this study, we gather a very large data set from GitHub in an attempt to shed some empirical... Baishakhi Ray, Daryl Posnett, Premkumar Devanbu, Vladimir Filkov
From Communications of the ACM | October 2017

From Communications of the ACM

On the Naturalness of Software

We begin with the conjecture that most software is natural, with all the attendant constraints and limitations — and thus, like natural language, it is also likely... Abram Hindle, Earl T. Barr, Mark Gabel, Zhendong Su, Premkumar Devanbu
From Communications of the ACM | May 2016

From Communications of the ACM

Does Distributed Development Affect Software Quality?: An Empirical Case Study of Windows Vista

Existing literature on distributed development in software engineering and other fields discusses various challenges,... Christian Bird, Nachiappan Nagappan, Premkumar Devanbu, Harald Gall, Brendan Murphy
From Communications of the ACM | August 2009

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A Large-Scale Study of Programming Languages and Code Quality in Github

On the Naturalness of Software

Does Distributed Development Affect Software Quality?: An Empirical Case Study of Windows Vista