Freja, Hat and Hood --- A Comparative Evaluation of Three Systems for Tracing and Debugging Lazy Functional Programs

Chitil, Olaf and Runciman, Colin and Wallace, Malcolm (2001) Freja, Hat and Hood --- A Comparative Evaluation of Three Systems for Tracing and Debugging Lazy Functional Programs. In: Mohnen, Markus and Koopman, P., eds. Implementation of Functional Languages 12th International Workshop. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 176-193. ISBN 978-3-540-41919-8. E-ISBN 978-3-540-45361-1. (doi:10.1007/3-540-45361-X_11)

Abstract

In this paper we compare three systems for tracing and debugging Haskell programs: Freja, Hat and Hood. We evaluate their usefulness in practice by applying them to a number of moderately complex programs in which errors had deliberately been introduced. We identify the strengths and weaknesses of each system and then form ideas on how the systems can be improved further.

Item Type:	Book section
DOI/Identification number:	10.1007/3-540-45361-X_11
Uncontrolled keywords:	lazy functional language, Haskell
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions:	Faculties > Sciences > School of Computing > Theoretical Computing Group
Depositing User:	Olaf Chitil
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2008 17:59 UTC
Last Modified:	31 May 2019 07:57 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13631 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)