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Subject: Expert systems for software debugging?
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Date: Mon, 16-Jan-84 22:13:21 EST
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From:  Ron Newman <Newman.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA>

Debugging is a black art, not at all algorithmic, but almost totally
heuristic.  There is a lot of expert knowledge around about how to debug
faulty programs, but it is rarely written down or systemetized.  Usually
it seems to reside solely in the minds of a few "debugging whizzes".

Does anyone know of an expert system that assists in software debugging?
Or any attempts (now or in the past) to produce such an expert?

/Ron