A Debugging Standard for High-Performance Computing

Throughout 1998, the High Performance Debugging Forum worked on defining a base level standard for high performance debuggers. The standard had to meet the sometimes conflicting constraints of being useful to users, realistically implementable by developers, and architecturally independent across mu...

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Main Authors: Joan M. Francioni, Cherri M. Pancake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2000-01-01
Series:Scientific Programming
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/971291
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Summary:Throughout 1998, the High Performance Debugging Forum worked on defining a base level standard for high performance debuggers. The standard had to meet the sometimes conflicting constraints of being useful to users, realistically implementable by developers, and architecturally independent across multiple platforms. To meet criteria for timeliness, the standard had to be defined in one year and in such a way that it could be implemented within an additional year. The Forum was successful, and in November 1998 released Version 1 of the HPD Standard. Implementations of the standard are currently underway. This paper presents an overview of Version 1 of the standard and an analysis of the process by which the standard was developed. The status of implementation efforts and plans for follow-on efforts are discussed as well.
ISSN:1058-9244
1875-919X