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IBM's xlC comes with a product called the HeapView debugger that can trace memory problems in C and C++ code. SENTINEL has full memory access debugging capabilities including detection of memory leaks. Contact info@vti.com (800) 296-3000 or (703) 430-9247. Insight from ParaSoft (818) 792-9941. There is also a debug_malloc posted in one of the comp.sources groups. A shareware dmalloc is available. Details at <http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/>. TestCenter is now available for the RS/6000. It supports AIX 3.2.5 and AIX 4.1 on POWER, POWER2 and PowerPC machines. More information is available from <http://www.centerline.com/>. Purify (408) 720-1600 is not availible for the RS/6000. ZeroFault detects memory violations and leaks without recompiling or relinking. Works on all RS/6000 systems running AIX 3.2.5 or later, DCE and pthreads. Contact The Kernel Group, Inc. +1 512 433 3333, email <ZeroFault@tkg.com>, <http://www.tkg.com/>.
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