PDSS: A programmer's decision support system

摘要

One of the most common tasks performed by programmers is attempting to understand the low-level workings of a program. Large programs require some sort of automated support in order to perform this task effectively. The typical approach is to provide tools such as cross references and structure chart generators which statistically analyze a source program, and present a certain subset of the information they obtain in some fixed manner. We propose an alternate method which involves separating the collection of the information (i.e. the static analysis) and its presentation. This results in a much more flexible tool than most which are currently available.