Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bu-cs!hammond From: hammond@thumper.bellcore.com (Rich A. Hammond) Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: [hammond@thumper.bellcore.com: Re: Reverse Compilers] Message-ID: <14993@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 00:26:43 EST Article-I.D.: bu-cs.14993 Posted: Wed Oct 28 00:26:43 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Oct-87 03:19:51 EST Sender: tower@bu-cs.BU.EDU Reply-To: hammond@thumper.bellcore.com (Rich A. Hammond) Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci. Lines: 17 Keywords: Convex, debugger, optimization, vectorization Approved: compilers@ima.UUCP Return-Path: On our Convex the debugger works with all levels of optimization, including vectorization. Granted, there is not necessarily a one to one correspondence between source level statements and instructions, but it can usually keep track of variables and approximate corresponding location in the source. I would think that reverse compilers would be neat under UNIX given that if one had the symbol table one could at least use the same names as the original program. I don't know of any though. It really isn't necessary frequently enough to justify writing ones(my opinion). Rich Hammond -- Send compilers articles to ima!compilers or, in a pinch, to tower@bu-cs.bu.edu Plausible paths are { ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale | cca}!ima Please send responses to the originator of the message -- I cannot forward mail accidentally sent back to compilers. Meta-mail to ima!compilers-request