Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:56:31 -0700 From: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! Message-ID: <200008211456.HAA05181@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:41:37 BST." <20000821144137.D13975@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> i just read a comment that *nix doesn't even have good, intuitive debugger. > all there really are are wrappers for ancient command line utils. this does > not seem very state of the art compared with vc++ or softice. That's a feature, not a bug! (Despite what the Microsoft-oriented types believe). I just spent all weekend struggling with a monolithic Windows-based debugger. It doesn't allow me to run a GUI remote from the underlying textual debugger and since it is "licensed software" (with a dongle) it's not possible to have a copy at my remote site without great expense. Further, the command-line oriented debuggers so maligned by the Windows types are very powerful, unlike the rather simpleminded ones that Microsoft produces. I've used VC++ and SDS WOD's (windows oriented debuggers). I'm always very happy to get back to DDD+gdb or just gdb by itself. An additional benefit is that they're modifiable and support cross-development. It's different from the Microsoft way. That's a very *good* thing. :-) Cheers, Jerry Hicks jhix@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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