5.3. FIELD C++/C/Pascal Development Environment

• It is available from Brown University. Instructions for "semi-anonymous" ftp can be obtained by sending name, business address, phone and fax number to brusd@cs.brown.edu. Alternatively, a request may be faxed to Kathleen Kirman at (401)863-7657.

• FIELD programming environment provides an extensive set of tools for programming in C++, C and Pascal. FIELD uses the tools of the Brown Workstation Environment (BWE), which in turn runs on top of X11.

  Various utility tools provided by FIELD programming environment includes the following:

  • - C++ class browser (cbrowse). This is more powerfull when compared to iclass provided by InterViews. It offers graphical as well as textual output. The drawbacks are that it is much more slower than iclass, and it needs a lot more memory.
  • - debugger. The debugger in this environment runs on top of dbx or gdb. It supports both GNU and AT&T compilers.
  For more information, refer to the following papers
  • 1. Steven P. Reiss, "Connecting Tools using Message Passing in the FIELD Program Development Environment", IEEE Software, July 1990, pp 57-67.
  • 2. Steven P. Reiss, "Interacting with the FIELD Environment", Software: Practice and Experience, 20:S1, June 1990, pp. 89-115.
  • 3. Steven P. Reiss and Scott Meyers, "FIELD Support for C++", USENIX C++ Conference Proceedings, April 1990, pp. 293-299.
• Information provided by Scott Meyers (sdm@cs.brown.edu)