Reverse engineering is reverse forward engineering

Ira D. Baxter, Michael Mehlich. Reverse engineering is reverse forward engineering. Science of Computer Programming, 36(2-3):131-147, 2000.

@article{BaxterM00,
  title = {Reverse engineering is reverse forward engineering},
  author = {Ira D. Baxter and Michael Mehlich},
  year = {2000},
  tags = {reverse engineering},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/BaxterM00},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Science of Computer Programming},
  volume = {36},
  number = {2-3},
  pages = {131-147},
}