Before the code can be examined, it must be located. He adds that the team also was unsuccessful in determining the total number of lines of code contained in defense systems. Backman will not even hazard a guess. Finding documentation is an additional chore, especially for unmaintained code. Tools are needed for locating all of the software code in the environment.
Users then can search for error code.
Programmers need to look at all the code that operates on dates. The impact to each of these statements is dependent on the application. Existing tools are efficient at finding possible problem locations. Humans still are needed to ascertain the impact of the problem for each application and to work with other code users to determine the best fix. Users also need to verify the integrity of data from commercial packages.