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programming, tool> A program component that analyses other
programs.
Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends;
so do
cross-reference generators and some database front
ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with
source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new
'vgrind' feature would require a
codewalker to implement."
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(1994-12-23)