VMware Debuts VAssert, A New Workstation API

VMware just blogged about VAssert (programming guide - PDF), a new API debuting in Workstation 6.5 (beta) that uses the Record and Replay functionality they’ve been talking about for some time now. VAssert (Virtual Assertions) is a relative of your standing programming ASSERT debugging tool, but by delaying assert-checking until later when the exact machine instructions are replayed, it can be “very fast”.

24Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued