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When programmers use an API, they play the role of a “software user”. As the quality of use of programs and systems affects productivity, more attention has been paid to API usability issues. This work focuses on another dimension of the quality of use, “communicability”, which is characteristic of a semiotic approach. The paper presents a Semiotic Engineering study on the communicability of APIs...