The DTrace performance analysis and debugging tool will be in the next version of the Mac OS X. It is one of the many new features in the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 (codenamed Leopard) operating system. There will be the new Xcode 3.0 text editor, Interface Builder 3.0 and Xray, a performance tool. Many such Xray instruments leverage the open source DTrace, now built into Mac OS X Leopard, according to the Apple web site.

Bryan Cantrill of Sun who created DTrace talked about the announcement from Apple that was made at a recent developer conference. "They have done a tremendous amount of engineering work to bring DTrace to their platform (including, it turns out, implementing DTrace's FBT provider for PowerPC!), and they are using DTrace as part of the foundation for their new Xray performance tool. This is very exciting news, as it brings DTrace to a whole slew of new users," Cantrill said. [...read more...]

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