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Apparatus and method for extracting documentation text from a source code program

  • US 4,860,203 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1986
  • Issued: 08/22/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for producing machine-executable object code, a program listing, and corresponding design documentation from a source program having a plurality of statements of implementation code including keywords, and a plurality of statements of design documentation code corresponding to the keywords of the implementation code, said apparatus comprising:

  • input means for reading said source program;

    compilation means for producing(a) the machine-executable object code from said implementation code, said machine-executable object code including executable commands derived from the implementation code keywords, and(b) the program listing as a listing of all the implementation code in the order of appearance in the source program; and

    extractor means for producing the design documentation by listing all the corresponding design documentation code with keywords in the order of appearance in the source program.

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