Re: Debugger Rant (was Re: How to debug an Ada program)

[Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM>"@raytheon.com>]

"Marc A. Criley" wrote (with deletions):

> I repeatedly read this kind of thing in this newsgroup, that once you
> move to Ada you'll "rarely need a debugger", you can "throw your
> debugger away", you'll "forget how to use a debugger", etc.
>
> In twenty years of professional programming (with Ada all along) I've
> found that a debugger is one of the most powerful tools in the Ada
> programmer's arsenal.
>
>
>
> Marc A. Criley

I certainly agree with you Marc.  While a debugger may not be needed as much in
Ada (and certainly not as much for the simpler problems) as in other languages, it
is an indispensable tool in complex Ada applications, especially in the real-time,
embedded world.

Jerry

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