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Papers presented at the seventh workshop on Empirical studies of programmers table of contents

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Pages: 157 - 179

Year of Publication: 1997

ISBN:0-89791-992-0

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Anneliese von Mayrhauser	Colorado State University, 601 Howes Lane, room 239, Fort Collins, CO
A. Marie Vans	Colorado State University, 601 Howes Lane, room 239, Fort Collins, CO

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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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