向他人解释程序发现bug的有效性

2021 IEEE/ACIS 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD) Pub Date : 2021-11-24 DOI:10.1109/SNPD51163.2021.9704932

Toshihiro Nakamura, Akito Monden, Mariko Sasakura, H. Uwano

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向别人解释一个程序可以帮助别人找到bug，也可以帮助解释者自己找到bug。然而，据我们所知，没有定量的证据表明向别人解释一个程序可以帮助解释者找到bug。本研究旨在通过实验评估，定量地展示解释器自己可以通过向他人解释程序来发现新的缺陷。在实验中，受试者首先回顾一个包含许多错误的程序，并试图找到尽可能多的错误。接下来，他们需要大声向其他人解释程序。我们看看他们在解释过程中是否注意到任何新的bug。实验的结果是，在向其他人解释程序时，6名受试者中有5人发现了新的漏洞。根据对被试的问卷调查，发现很多bug的被试认为通过向别人解释可以更好地理解程序。

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Effectiveness of Explaining a Program to Others in Finding Its Bugs

Explaining a program to others helps get others to find bugs and for the explainer him/herself to find bugs. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no quantitative evidence that explaining a program to others helps the explainer find bugs. This study aims to show quantitatively, using an experimental evaluation, that the explainer himself can find new bugs by explaining the program to others. In the experiment, subjects first review a program that contains many bugs and try to find as many bugs as possible. Next, they are required to explain the program aloud to others. We see if they notice any new bugs themselves during the explanation. As a result of the experiment, five out of the six subjects could find new bugs when explaining the program to others. According to the questionnaire to the subjects, the subjects who find many bugs feel that they can understand the program better by explaining it to others.

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2021 IEEE/ACIS 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD)

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