Analysis and Design of Interactive Debugging for the ADA Programming Support Environment.

Abstract

This thesis involved the design and implementation of a skeletal interactive Ada debugger on the DEC-10 computer located at the Air Force Wright Avionics Laboratory. An analysis of a current debugging technology was performed to formulate a basis for the debugger tool development. The tools implemented where breakpoints, single step and multi-step execution, display and modify program variables, as well as other miscellaneous options. Two conclusions were developed as the result of this thesis effort. First, because of the lack of information on current software debugging methods, I have concluded that more emphasis is needed in techniques and tools for debugging or programs. Second, I have concluded that more emphasis is needed in the human interfacing techniques. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 21, 1981
Accession Number
ADA115636

Entities

People

  • Richard L. Gaudino

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Avionics
  • Compilers
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Department Of Defense
  • High Level Languages
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Language
  • New York
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulators

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design