The maxine virtual machine and inspector

ABSTRACT

The meta-circular, IDE-friendly research VM Maxine promotes agile managed runtime development. Our guided VM tour features the Maxine Inspector tool, which combines object browsing and multi-level debugging, taking a close look at prominent internal VM data structures and mechanisms. The Maxine VM and Inspector are available under GPLv2 at http://maxine.dev.java.net.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.10 Design**
            Subjects: Methodologies**

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.5 Testing and Debugging
          Subjects: Code inspections and walk-throughs

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
debugger, meta-circularity, object browser, virtual machine