From Primitive to Prominent: The Past, Present, and Future of Automated Code Analysis

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Volume-Issue: 
2006-04
Article Summary: 

Automated code analysis tools are becoming more powerful and more necessary than ever before. Alberto Savoia takes a look at the evolution of static and dynamic code analysis tools, from their humble beginnings to their present status as indispensable technology, and tells us what he predicts for the future.