Debugging Computer Programs: A Survey With Special Emphasis on ALGOL

Abstract

This report considers the problems of debugging computer programs and some of the tools which can simplify the task. The main sections describe: (1) ways in which compilers can aid the debugging of programs, (2) ALGOL programs which can be used to determine the kinds of errors detected by an ALGOL compiler, (3) results of running the test programs on sixteen different compilers, (4) results obtained from a survey of the errors made by programmers at NPL.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
ADA363827

Entities

People

  • R. S. Scowen

Organizations

  • National Physical Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compilers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Errors
  • Language
  • Machine Languages
  • Numbers
  • Object Code
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Reliability
  • Standards
  • Translations
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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