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Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT Chesterton’s Fence

"Forgetting is an important factor in developers’ familiarity with and comprehension of source code."

An empirical study of 60 open-source developers found that forgetting materially affects source-code familiarity and program comprehension.

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Source title Do You Remember This Source Code?
Source authors Jacob Krüger, Jens Wiemann, Wolfram Fenske, Gunter Saake, Thomas Leich
Source year 2018
Confidence high
Importance mid
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