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Software visualization for debugging

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 40, Issue 4

Pages 44 - 54

https://doi.org/10.1145/248448.248458

Published: 01 April 1997 Publication History

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Software visualization for debugging
1. Software and its engineering
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    1. Context specific languages
      1. Visual languages
    2. Development frameworks and environments

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