From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ddc669e8cf09b24 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-11 08:13:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F0ED3FF.65497AEE@raytheon.com> From: Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey"@raytheon.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-CCK-MCD CSC;Raytheon (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Debugger Rant (was Re: How to debug an Ada program) References: <254c16a.0307110505.463b1cc0@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:13:03 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.93.55 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1057936394 147.24.93.55 (Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:13:14 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:13:14 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40197 Date: 2003-07-11T08:13:03-07:00 List-Id: "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 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry Petrey -- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation (GPS/INS), Guidance, & Control -- Raytheon Missile Systems - Member Team Ada & Team Forth -- NOTE: please remove in email address to reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------