Re: debuggers - request for information

> In the work with my master thesis, I have searched internet and libraries
> for debugging related information, with little luck. Maybe I'm the only one
> who don't manage to write correct programs? :-)




You really can't be looking too hard.... Anyway, here is a couple of sources...


ACM SIGPLDI '92 -- Conference proceedings... This has a couple of articles on
debugging optimized code. Yes, I was one of the authors.


Next, look at those bibliographies. They will point you at other articles.
You keep building a bibliography list from there.


Debuggers ... hmmm.... here some stuff on them...


- upto late 70's: Mostly hex debuggers. Some were interactive
    but you would require the entire machine. Mainframe developers used
    snap and abend dumps.


- early 80's: Symbolic debuggers were the rage. VAX Debug, dbx, interlisp, etc.


- mid 80's: Window based debuggers. Suntools, Codeview, Objectcenter's C.


- late 80's: Open debugging file formats. GDB, stabs, DWARF, etc..


- early 90's: Debugging optimized code. See above reference.


- mid 90's: Interpretive debuggers??? Debugging complex relationships
    like entire arrays or complex data structures. A good example is
    TMC's Prism.


Thank you.


Steve Simmons
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