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Bill Burns

Vice President, Software Engineering

Helping developers quickly find and fix tough issues in their code so that they can create great applications is what the TotalView group at Perforce is dedicated in doing. Bill Burns is passionate about listening to the customers' needs and working with his team of talented engineers to find great solutions for helping fellow developers accelerate their development of great code.

Latest Content from Bill Burns

Why Python is Dominating High-Performance Computing? Blog

Why Python is Dominating High-Performance Computing?

How did a high-level, interpreted language find its way into AI, ML and traditional HPC applications? There are five key advantages that make Python an indispensable tool for HPC applications today. Learn more about the advantages of Python, and how TotalView can simplify debugging HPC applications in polyglot environments.
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Solving Tough Dangling Pointer Problems with TotalView Blog

Solving Tough Dangling Pointer Problems with TotalView

In this blog, learn how to solve tough dangling pointer memory problems using TotalView’s powerful debugging features. The techniques and features utilized are useful for solving many other types of problems occurring in code too.
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Top 5 Reasons HPC Computing Developers Use TotalView for Debugging Code Blog

Top 5 Reasons HPC Computing Developers Use TotalView for Debugging Code

Learn about the top reasons why HPC computing developers rely on TotalView to solve some of the toughest problems in their complex applications.
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What Is Parallel Programming? Blog

What Is Parallel Programming?

In this blog, we explore what parallel programming is, how parallel programming works, and how TotalView can help parallel programmers as a debugging tool.
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Memory Leak Testing in Continuous Integration Systems Blog

Memory Leak Testing in Continuous Integration Systems

Too often, testing for memory leaks occurs late in the CI development cycle or not at all. Learn how to find memory leaks before your customers do.
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Guide to Remote Debugging and Development Blog

Guide to Remote Debugging and Development

In this article, we look at three different ways to enable remote debugging workflows using TotalView technologies.
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What Is Multithreading: A Guide to Multithreaded Applications Blog

What Is Multithreading: A Guide to Multithreaded Applications

In this article, we explain what threads and multithreading are, what multithreaded applications are used for, TotalView vs GDB, and how to debug multithreaded applications.
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What Is GPU Computing? Blog

What Is GPU Computing?

Get an overview of GPU computing in HPC environments.
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Move Your Development Forward With Reverse Debugging Blog

Move Your Development Forward With Reverse Debugging

Explore how TotalView’s advanced reverse debugging capabilities can radically improve the speed and accuracy and reduce the difficulty of troubleshooting this class of defects that is both common and challenging.
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