Guard: a tool for migrating scientific applications to the .NET Framework

David A Abramson; Greg Watson; Phu D Le

doi:10.1007/3-540-46080-2_88

Guard: a tool for migrating scientific applications to the .NET Framework

David A Abramson, Greg Watson, Phu D Le

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Abstract

For many years, Unix has been the platform of choice for the development and execution of large scientific programs. The new Microsoft .NET Framework represents a major advance over previous runtime environments available in Windows platforms, and offers a number of architectural features that would be of value in scientific programs. However, there are such major differences between Unix and .NET under Windows, that the effort of migrating software is substantial. Accordingly, unless tools are developed for supporting this process, software migration is unlikely to occur. In this paper we discuss a ‘relative debugger’ called Guard, which provides powerful support for debugging programs as they are ported from one platform to another. We describe a prototype implementation developed for Microsoft’s Visual Studio. NET, a rich interactive environment that supports code development for the .NET Framework. The paper discusses the overall architecture of Guard under VS.NET, and highlights some of the technical challenges that were encountered.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computational Science – ICCS 2002
Subtitle of host publication	International Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 21-24, 2002 Proceedings, Part II
Editors	Peter M.A. Sloot, C.J. Kenneth Tan, Jack J. Dongarra, Alfons G. Hoekstra
Place of Publication	Berlin Germany
Publisher	Springer
Pages	834-843
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	354043593X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46080-2_88
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	International Conference on Computational Science 2002 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 21 Apr 2002 → 24 Apr 2002 Conference number: 2nd https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/book/10.1007/3-540-46080-2#toc (Proceedings)

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	2330
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Computational Science 2002
Abbreviated title	ICCS 2002
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	21/04/02 → 24/04/02
Internet address	https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/book/10.1007/3-540-46080-2#toc (Proceedings)

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Abramson, D. A., Watson, G., & Le, P. D. (2002). Guard: a tool for migrating scientific applications to the .NET Framework. In P. M. A. Sloot, C. J. K. Tan, J. J. Dongarra, & A. G. Hoekstra (Eds.), Computational Science – ICCS 2002: International Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 21-24, 2002 Proceedings, Part II (pp. 834-843). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 2330). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46080-2_88

Abramson, David A ; Watson, Greg ; Le, Phu D. / Guard: a tool for migrating scientific applications to the .NET Framework. Computational Science – ICCS 2002: International Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 21-24, 2002 Proceedings, Part II. editor / Peter M.A. Sloot ; C.J. Kenneth Tan ; Jack J. Dongarra ; Alfons G. Hoekstra. Berlin Germany : Springer, 2002. pp. 834-843 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Abramson, DA, Watson, G & Le, PD 2002, Guard: a tool for migrating scientific applications to the .NET Framework. in PMA Sloot, CJK Tan, JJ Dongarra & AG Hoekstra (eds), Computational Science – ICCS 2002: International Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 21-24, 2002 Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2330, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 834-843, International Conference on Computational Science 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21/04/02. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46080-2_88

Guard: a tool for migrating scientific applications to the .NET Framework. / Abramson, David A; Watson, Greg; Le, Phu D.
Computational Science – ICCS 2002: International Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 21-24, 2002 Proceedings, Part II. ed. / Peter M.A. Sloot; C.J. Kenneth Tan; Jack J. Dongarra; Alfons G. Hoekstra. Berlin Germany: Springer, 2002. p. 834-843 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 2330).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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Abramson DA, Watson G, Le PD. Guard: a tool for migrating scientific applications to the .NET Framework. In Sloot PMA, Tan CJK, Dongarra JJ, Hoekstra AG, editors, Computational Science – ICCS 2002: International Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 21-24, 2002 Proceedings, Part II. Berlin Germany: Springer. 2002. p. 834-843. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/3-540-46080-2_88