A methodology and distributed tool for debugging dataflow programs

Author

Wahl, Nancy J. ; Schach, Stephen R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

19-21 Jul 1988

Firstpage

98

Lastpage

105

Abstract

A distributed debugging methodology for data-flow architectures is presented. A graphical debugging simulator for a data-flow machine is being developed to debug compiled high-level data-flow programs. The ideas of the debugging methodology are outlined and the debugging simulator is described. Special emphasis is paid to the multipass feature of the debugging simulator, which solves the nonreproducibility problem of distributed debuggers and allows the user to execute the program more than once with the identical instruction sequence to be sure that a fault has been removed

Keywords

computer graphics; parallel programming; program debugging; software tools; compiled high-level data-flow programs; dataflow programs; distributed debugging methodology; distributed tool; graphical debugging simulator; multipass feature; nonreproducibility; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer bugs; Computer science; Counting circuits; Debugging; Programming profession; Testing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Testing, Verification, and Analysis, 1988., Proceedings of the Second Workshop on

Conference_Location

Banff, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0868-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WST.1988.5358

Filename

5358