For an extended, colorful telling of the experience outlined in that paper, check out Bryan's earliest recorded talk on DTrace, particularly the section startin

For an extended, colorful telling of the experience outlined in that paper, check out Bryan's earliest recorded talk on DTrace, particularly the section starting at the timestamp in this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgmA48fILq8&t=35m6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgmA48fILq8&t=35m6s