Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:00:45 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@freebsd.org> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net>, David Kelly <dkelly@mail.hiwaay.net>, narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee, brooks@one-eyed-alien.net, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! Message-ID: <20000821180045.B258@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000821160518.B20036@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>; from ben@freebsd.org on Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 04:05:18PM %2B0100 References: <200008151718.e7FHIbb13082@mail.hiwaay.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008201325420.1774-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> <20000821144137.D13975@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000821160518.B20036@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 04:05:18PM +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote: > j mckitrick wrote: > > > 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. > > So you're going back to an operating system which is basically just a > GUI sitting on top of that ancient command line operating system, DOS? > > Anyway, GDB works fine for me. If you want a graphical version, writing > a front-end for that seems like the most sensible thing to do. Or eminently more sensible is to install ddd(1) from, you guessed it, the mighty ports collection. Yes, it's a front end to gdb, but I found it every bit as good (and easy to use) as the VC++ one I have to use at work. Oh, and BTW, I'm talking about debugging a large monolithic CAD application; 20MB binary and several thousand source files. > GDB > probably does most things you could want from a debugger, a front-end > just makes that eas(y|ier), and I imagine writing a debugger from > scratch would be pretty complicated. > > -- > Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D > FreeBSD Documentation Project / > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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