A Language-Independent Framework for Software Miniaturization

Abstract: One of the undesired effects of software evolution is the proliferation of unused components, or components unlikely to beused by a given subset of the applications. As a consequence, the size of binaries and libraries tends to grow. One of themajor trends of today's software market is the porting of applications on hand-held devices or, in general, on devices havinga limited amount of resources available. Several forms of refactoring and, in particular, the miniaturization of libraries and...