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rramadassJun 2022

I remember both Rational Rose and TogetherJ CASE tools. Round-trip engineering was supposed to be practiced by both Domain Experts and Programmers each modifying their models and still having them all consistent with each other. But what happened in practice was that only Programmers used them who did not see the utility of updating a UML class hierarchy instead of directly updating the Class itself. That and the exorbitant pricing is why they fell out of favour. It is really a shame because with the explosion of distributed apps using a variety of languages/tools a single uniform interface modeling all aspects of the software is sorely needed.

PS: Came across the book Software Visualization - Visualizing the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Software by Stephan Diehl which seems to provide a good survey of the field.

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tayllanJan 2022

Hey HN,

Software Debugging is to me the funnest part of software development, and it occurred to me to write a book on it, adding some of my experience to the area.

As an entry point to the book, I thought of writing a Review Paper on the subject, and as such, I have to read as many papers as I can find to review. So my question is: do you have a paper recommendation on Software Debugging that's not in the list below? Any other tips or advice on writing a paper are also welcome. Thanks much.

BIG LIST FOLLOWS:

Application of Dynamic Slicing in Program Debugging

Automatic Debugging Approaches: A Literature Review

Debugging and the the Experience of Immediacy

Debugging Scandal: The Next Generation

Designing the Whyline: A debugging interface for asking questions about program behavior

Generalized Algorithmic Debugging and Testing

Fostering Debugging Communities on the Web

If I Only Changed the Software, Why Is the Phone on Fire?

Interprocedural Slicing Using Dependence Graphs

Introduction to the Special Issue on the Debugging Scandal

"My Hairiest Bug" War Stories