Unfortunately, I'm afraid that OLC does not have the support to help with
questions on this level of programming.  In general, problems of this
nature require amounts of time and attention that consultants are not
capable of providing, except in rare circumstances. 

PLEASE BE AWARE that if an attempt is made to help with your problem, there
are no guarantees that we will have the resources to completely solve it.
Priority must be given to questions that fall into the domains which we
support; therefore, it may be necessary to resolve your question if we
cannot provide any additional assistance without considerable effort. 

Here are some other resources you can consult should we be unable to help
completely.  The on-line help browser might also prove helpful, and can be
started up by typing "help" at your athena% prompt.  To see consultants'
stock answers on your topic also, select "Athena Consultant's Answers
to Common Questions" under the section "Other Athena Information
Sources" near the bottom of the page that pops up.


For problems with C:
--------------------

   I. The SABER and DBX debuggers.  See stock answer path:

	 3. C Answers
	 3. Introduction to SABER C
-or-    10. How to get started using the DBX DEBUGGER

  II. The XSABER and GDB debuggers.  For more information, type:

	man xsaber
      or
	add gnu
	man gdb

 III. The following Athena publications, available from CopyTech in
	11-004, or W20-028:

	C on Athena
	C Programming Tools on Athena
	Programming on Athena

  IV. The "comp.lang.c" newsgroup (for information on NetNews, see the
        information in the OLH, under "Communicating With Other Users".

   V. The following books, available in the OLC Office (1st floor
      N42), or for purchase at the MIT Kendall Coop:

	_The C Programming Language_, by Kernighan & Ritchie,
	  Prentice-Hall Publishing (Second Edition for ANSI)

	_C: A Reference Manual_, by Harbison & Steele,
	  Prentice-Hall Publishing (Third Edition for Std & ANSI)

	_C: The Complete Reference_, by George Schlidt,
	  McGraw-Hill Publishing (Std & ANSI)


For problems with Fortran:
--------------------------

   I. The DBX debugger.  See stock answer path:

      8. FORTRAN Answers
      3. How to get started using the DBX DEBUGGER

  II. The "Fortran on Athena" publication, available from CopyTech in
	11-004, or W20-028.

 III. The following books, available in the OLC Office (1st floor
      N42), or for purchase at the MIT Kendall Coop:

	_Fortran 77 For Humans_, by Page, Didday, and Alpert,
	  West Publishing Co.

	_Problem Solving And Structured Programming In Fortran_,
	  by Friedman & Koffman, Addison-Wesley Publishing
  

For problems with C++:
----------------------

   I. The DBX debugger.  See stock answer path:

	 3. C Answers
	10. How to get started using the DBX DEBUGGER

  II. The GDB debugger.  For more information, type:

	add gnu
	man gdb

 III. The following books, available for purchase at the MIT Kendall Coop:

	_C++ For C Programmers_, by ...
	_Learning C++_, by Bruce Eckel, published by ...


For problems with Scheme:
-------------------------

   I. The "Scheme on Athena" publication, available from CopyTech in
	11-004, or W20-028.


  II. The Scheme Reference Manual, which can be previewed on any
	workstation by typing:

	 attach scheme
	 xdvi /mit/scheme/doc/refman.dvi &

      or the User's Manual, which can be similarly previewed with

	 attach scheme
	 xdvi /mit/scheme/doc/user.dvi &