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Software Exorcism

A Handbook for Debugging and Optimizing Legacy Code

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  • Discusses tools and techniques for effective debugging

  • In-depth treatment of technical issues

  • Clear explanations that will appeal to all levels of programmers

  • Honest assessments that are not biased towards proprietary solutions

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Software Exorcism: A Handbook for Debugging and Optimizing Legacy Code takes an unflinching, no bulls$&# look at behavioral problems in the software engineering industry, shedding much-needed light on the social forces that make it difficult for programmers to do their job. Do you have a co-worker who perpetually writes bad code that you are forced to clean up? This is your book. While there are plenty of books on the market that cover debugging and short-term workarounds for bad code, Reverend Bill Blunden takes a revolutionary step beyond them by bringing our attention to the underlying illnesses that plague the software industry as a whole.

Further, Software Exorcism discusses tools and techniques for effective and aggressive debugging, gives optimization strategies that appeal to all levels of programmers, and presents in-depth treatments of technical issues with honest assessments that are not biased toward proprietary solutions.

About the author

Reverend Bill Blunden is an alumnus of Cornell University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in physics. He also holds a master of science degree in operations research from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. Reverend Blunden is an ordained SubGenius minister, and is currently at large in California's Bay Area.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Software Exorcism

  • Book Subtitle: A Handbook for Debugging and Optimizing Legacy Code

  • Authors: Bill Blunden

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0788-7

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Bill Blunden 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-234-2Published: 26 September 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-5423-2Published: 05 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0788-7Published: 01 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 376

  • Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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