<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhen Ming Jiang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hassan, Ahmed E.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Examining the evolution of code comments in PostgreSQL</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proceedings of the 2006 international workshop on Mining software repositories</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MSR '06</style></tertiary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">code comments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">comments</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cvs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">evolution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">functions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">maintenance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mining challenge</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">msr challenge</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">postgresql</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">software evolution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">software maintenance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">source code</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1137983.1138030</style></url></web-urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/179ExaminingTheEvolution.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACM</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New York, NY, USA</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">179–180</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-59593-397-2</style></isbn><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">It is common, especially in large software systems, for developers to change code without updating its associated comments due to their unfamiliarity with the code or due to time constraints. This is a potential problem since outdated comments may confuse or mislead developers who perform future development. Using data recovered from CVS, we study the evolution of code comments in the PostgreSQL project. Our study reveals that over time the percentage of commented functions remains constant except for early fluctuation due to the commenting style of a particular active developer.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>