Program style analysis: a natural by-product of program compilation
K. A. Redish, W.F. Smyth · Communications of the ACM · 1986
Analyzing program style may be properly considered an integral part of program compilation—as successfully implemented in two style-analysis tools for Fortran 77: AUTOMARK and ASSESS. The authors look forward to the day when all major language compilers routinely provide a standard style-analysis vector for users to interpret as they see fit.