Aard
aard
programming, tool
(Dutch for “earth”) A tool to check memory use for C++ programs, written by Steve Reiss [email protected] (who names his programs after living systems).
Aard tracks the state of each byte of memory in the heap and the stack. The state can be one of Undefined, Uninitialised, Free or Set. The program can detect invalid transitions (i.e. attempting to set or use undefined or free storage or attempting to access uninitialised storage).
In addition, the program keeps track of heap use through malloc and free and at the end of the run reports memory blocks that were not freed and that are not accessible (i.e. memory leaks).
The tools works using a spliced-in shared library on SPARCs running C++ 3.0.1 under SunOS 4.X.
(ftp://wilma.cs.brown.edu/pub/aard.tar.Z).
(1998-03-03)
Historical Examples
The aard vark outrivals, with his great claws, the most skilled burrowing tools of man.
The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon
As mentioned on p. 162, the aard Vark is diphyodont like normal mammals.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia Frank Evers Beddard
Another good example of a ground-dweller is the aard vark of Southern Africa.
The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon
To that containing the aard Vark, the name Tubulidentata may be applied.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia Frank Evers Beddard
The teeth of the aard Varks are compound, and differ completely from those of all other mammals (see p. 425).
The Vertebrate Skeleton Sidney H. Reynolds
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