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The Impact of Programming Languages in Code Cloning Jorge, Jaime Filipe Leitão, António Menezes Clone Detection Software Engineering Programming Languages Software Management Code cloning is a duplication of source code fragments that frequently occurs in large software systems. Although different studies exist that evidence cloning benefits, several others expose its harmfulness, specifically upon inconsistent clone management. One important cause for the creation of software clones is the inherent abstraction capabilities and terseness of the programming language being used. This paper focuses on the features of two different programming languages, namely Java and Scala, and studies how different language constructs can induce or reduce code cloning. This study was further developed using our tool Kamino which provided clone detection and concrete values. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Jaime Filipe Jorge and António Menezes Leitão 2012 Is Part Of OASIcs, Volume 21, 1st Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (2012) InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2012.107 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-35178 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2012.107 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode