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Title Software debugging techniques
Author(s) Adragna, P (Queen Mary Univ., London)
In: Inverted CERN School of Computing : 2005 and 2006 edition, pp.71-86
DOI 10.5170/CERN-2008-002.71
Subject category Computing and Computers
Abstract This lecture provides an introduction to debugging, a crucial activity in every developer's life. After an elementary discussion of some useful debugging concepts, the lecture goes on with a detailed review of general debugging techniques, independent of any speci c software. The nal part of the lecture is dedicated to analysing problems related to the use of C++ , the main programming language commonly employed in particle physics nowadays.



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