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A Toolkit for Debugging Parallel Lisp Programs

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Parle ’91 Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe

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As part of the ESPRIT-II project EDS a toolkit (called Delphi) is under development for the debugging of Lisp programs with explicit parallelism being executed on a homogeneous distributed machine. It assists in the detection of functionar and synchronisation errors. It also helps to detect unexpected nondeterminacy and sources of poor program performance. Specific mechanisms allow the user to effectively control several processes in a debugging session. The paper introduces the basic concepts behind the tools and how the user may benefit from them.

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  1. EDS Project, Siemens AG, ZFE IS SOF 22, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-8000, München 83, Germany

    Hermann Ilmberger & Sabine Thürmel

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  1. Hermann Ilmberger
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  1. Philips Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 80.000, 5600 JA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Emile H. L. Aarts

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jan van Leeuwen

  3. Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Martin Rem

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Ilmberger, H., Thürmel, S. (1991). A Toolkit for Debugging Parallel Lisp Programs. In: Aarts, E.H.L., van Leeuwen, J., Rem, M. (eds) Parle ’91 Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 505. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25209-3_27

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