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How do Humans and LLMs Process Confusing Code?

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Main Authors:	Abdelsalam, Youssef, Peitek, Norman, Maurer, Anna-Maria, Toneva, Mariya, Apel, Sven
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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