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cdb, A Machine-Independent Debugger

cdb is a machine-independent debugger for C programs compiled by lcc 4.x, a retargetable compiler for ANSI/ISO Standard C. The original version of cdb is described in the paper

D. R. Hanson and M. Raghavachari, A Machine-Independent Debugger,
Software—Practice and Experience 26 (11), 1277-1299, Nov. 1996. PDF (355 KB); Talk slides PDF (110KB)

The latest version, 3.1, is described in

D. R. Hanson, A Machine-Independent Debugger—Revisited,
Software—Practice and Experience 29 (10), 849-862, Aug. 1999. PDF (67 KB)

cdb is hosted at code.google.com/p/cdb/.

Here's what else is available:

• cdb 3.1 distribution (ZIP file, 41KB). Description and installation instructions.
• cdb 3.1 source code.
• cdb 2.2 distribution (ZIP file, 40KB). Description and installation instructions.
• Implementation differences between cdb 2.x and the implementation described in "A Machine-Independent Debugger".
• cdb 2.2 source code.
• Related pages: deet, ldb.