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Does Your Debugger Sing to You?

Posted by michael on from the slash-is-a-sweet-sweet-lullaby dept.

ZahrGnosis writes "TRN Mag Online is carrying an article titled Programming tool makes bugs sing. '[The researchers] set up software that mapped pitch and melodic contour information to structural elements in the programming language Pascal. "[We] aimed to see if information about the structure of Pascal programs could be communicated using such musical phrases".' They even found a practical application for software debugging."

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  1. I'm relieved by Beryllium+Sphere(tm) · · Score: 5, Funny

    >They even found a practical application for software debugging

    It's good to know that software debugging has a practical application.

  2. Dancing? by si1k · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if they could create an interface that would allow you to fix bugs by dancing?

    Gnu Debugger, the real Dance Dance Revolution?

    Haha, only parlty serious. Just as we need new ways to "view" information, it could also be helpful to be able to respond in a way that goes beyond the keyboard and mouse.

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  3. Re:Dum, Dum, Da-Dum by Russ+Steffen · · Score: 5, Funny

    You think that's bad? The .NET code samples play The Imperial March.

  4. Sure. by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    My debuger sings and my IDE tells me to kill people.


    But wait..... I've said to much.

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