Legacy Software Re-Engineering Technology (LSRET)

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Abstract:

This Final Report documents the state of the Legacy Software Reengineering Technology LSRET Prototype Project at the time it was halted. The technology developed by TASC under the LSRET program was to be used to assist in the reengineering of avionics software. The RET was designed to process FORTRAN and JOVIAL code, and generate Ada code. The RET was also designed to be extensible to other High Order Languages. Much of the existing avionics software is poorly documented for maintenance purposes. LSRET was being developed to support engineers in transforming the legacy code into a more modern programming language and also to be used to redocument either the legacy or the reengineered systems. This would improve the maintainability of the avionics software in two ways. LSRET could reengineer the software into a language that promotes better software engineering practices and also makes it easier to find engineers who are trained in the use of the newer language. Second, LSRET could redocument the legacy and reengineered systems making them easier to maintain in the future.

Author(s):
Clark, Peter G. ; Gill, John A.
Author Organization(s):
ANALYTIC SCIENCES CORP READING MA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 20 Mar 1996-20 Feb 1998
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA393357
Pagination:
0033

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFRL-IF-WP-TR-1999-1505
Contract/Grant Number(s):
F33615-92-D-1052
Task Number(s):
01
Project Number(s):
3090
Monitor Series:
TR-1999-1505, AFRL-IF-WP
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_6.2.1_Information Sharing; JCA_6.2.2_Computing Services; JCA_6.2.3_Core Enterprise Services; JCA_8.2_Shape
Modernization Areas:
AI and Machine Learning
Communities of Interest:
Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Descriptor(s):
*AVIONICS, *SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, PROTOTYPES, FORTRAN, ENGINEERS, ADA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software
Keyword(s):
LSRET(LEGACY SOFTWARE RE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY), JOVIAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, HOL(HIGH ORDER LANGUAGE), PE78611, WUAFRL30900114
Report Date:
1998 Apr 01
Creation Date:
2001 Sep 05