William G. Griswold, William F. Opdyke. The Birth of Refactoring: A Retrospective on the Nature of High-Impact Software Engineering Research. IEEE Software, 32(6):30-38, 2015. [doi]
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title = {The Birth of Refactoring: A Retrospective on the Nature of High-Impact Software Engineering Research},
author = {William G. Griswold and William F. Opdyke},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.1109/MS.2015.107},
url = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2015.107},
researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/GriswoldO15},
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journal = {IEEE Software},
volume = {32},
number = {6},
pages = {30-38},
}