Re: Wanted info. about debuggers.

There's been enough interest in my "A Survey of Support For Implementing
Debuggers" paper that I've made it available for anonymous ftp from
ftp.ee.lbl.gov. Retrieve debugger-support.ps.Z. If you have problems
retrieving or printing it, let me know and I'll send you hardcopy.


I've appended the abstract.


Vern


Vern Paxson vern@ee.lbl.gov
Systems Engineering ucbvax!ee.lbl.gov!vern
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (510) 486-7504




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              A Survey of Support For Implementing Debuggers
                                                Vern Paxson
                                                      CS 262
                                              Prof. Anderson
                                            October 30, 1990


The degree to which hardware and operating systems support debugging
strongly influences the caliber of service that a debugger can provide.
We survey the different forms in which such support is available. We
limit our survey to lower-level debugger design issues such as accessing
the debugged program's state and controlling its execution. The study
concentrates on those types of support that make overall debugger
performance efficient and that support debugger features for ferreting out
hard-to-find bugs. We conclude with an overview of state-of-the-art
debuggers and a proposal for a new debugger design.
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