[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Announcement: August PLUG Advanced Topics: Hands-on Valgrind: Better programs thru technology

[Michael Dexter]

Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement

Who: Stephen Dum
What: Software Verification and Performance Analysis using Valgrind
Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland (Left Entrance)
When: Tuesday, August 20th, 2013 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom

Valgrind is a collection of tools to validate your (typically C or C++
compiled) program. It can validate correct usage of memory, profile your
program, profile heap usage and verify proper thread usage. This talk
gives an overview of valgrind and how it can be used, with emphasis on
memory usage verification and profiling.

http://valgrind.org

About Steve: Spent decades dealing with large projects (multi-million
lines of code) writing code, automating build processes and automated
testing of the code.


Many will head to the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after the meeting.

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See you there!

Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer