Category: category
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Classification of code updates
Version control systems usually include support for classifying each check-in as being a particular instance of some category, e.g., Adaptive, Corrective, Perfective, or Other (this software maintenance category has a long history). Categories have been studied for over 2,000 years. Categories is the first subject of Aristotle’s six works on logical analysis and dialectic. Categorization…
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Naming convergence in a network of pairwise interactions
While naming and categorizing things are perhaps the two most contentious issues in software engineering, there is often a great deal of similarity in the names and categorizes used by unconnected groups. These characteristics of naming and categorization are general observed behaviors across cultures and languages, with software engineering being a particular example. Studies have…