Re: book on internals of debugger?

norman@flash.bellcore.com (Norman Ramsey)
Mon, 22 Nov 1993 18:59:36 GMT

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From: norman@flash.bellcore.com (Norman Ramsey)
Keywords: debug, question
Organization: Bellcore
References: 93-11-127
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 18:59:36 GMT

> Could anyone please recommand me a book/literature/course on internals
>of debugger.


It is not the world's greatest piece of writing, but my dissertation
describes the design and implementation of a retargetable debugger. It
discusses many of the basics, including getting information from the
compiler, implementing breakpoints, walking the stack, etc. The emphasis
is on techniques for minimizing and isolating machine-dependent code, so
it won't help you regarding compatibility with existing debuggers,
compilers, and linkers.


You can get Postscript by anonymous ftp from
    bellcore.com:pub/norman/thesis.ps.Z
    csservices.princeton.edu:reports/1992/403.ps.Z


Norman Ramsey
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