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Automated Program Description Cyphers, D. Scott The Programmer's apprentice (PA) is an automated program development tool. The PA depends upon a library of common algorithms (cliches) as the source of its knowledge about programming. The PA uses these cliches to understand how a program is implemented. This knowledge may also be used to explain to a user of the PA how the program is implemented. The problem with any explanation or description is knowing how much information to present, and h...