Causes and Effects in Computer Programs
Software Engineering
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Debugging is commonly understood as finding and fixing the cause of a problem. But what does ``cause'' mean? How can we find causes? How can we prove that a cause is a cause--or even ``the'' cause? This paper defines common terms in debugging, highlights the principal techniques, their capabilities and limitations.
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@article{arxiv.cs/0309047,
title = {Causes and Effects in Computer Programs},
author = {Andreas Zeller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0309047},
year = {2007}
}