Lint (software)

Lint
Original authorStephen C. Johnson
DeveloperAT&T Bell Laboratories
Initial releaseJuly 26, 1978 (1978-07-26)
Written inC
Operating systemUnix
Available inEnglish
TypeStatic program analysis tools
LicenseOriginally proprietary commercial software, now free software under a BSD-like license

Lint was a Unix utility that performed static program analysis on C language source code. The software gives its name to modern computing tools responsible for checking for coding style or formatting errors, known as a "linters" or "linting tools", even though the original Lint program performed static program analysis.

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