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Extracting Source Code from E-Mails
Authors: Alberto Bacchelli, Marco D'Ambros, Michele Lanza
Problem: Mine archived emails to support program comprehension activities and provide views of a software system that are alternative and complementary to those offered by the source code.
Importance: Programmers who need to know the design rationale behind an implementation have to communicate with other developers, as the information stored in different artifacts(eg: source code, design documents, bug reports, chat logs etc) emphasize different aspects of the system's evolution.
Procedure:
Classify emails containing source code
Extract the source code pieces inside the emails.
