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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
Subject: Re: How to debug an Ada program
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:20:27 -0700
Date: 2003-07-15T01:18:47+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F1356DB.D9032D0@adaworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrnbgq571.39i.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no

Preben Randhol wrote:

> Yes I agree with this. I rarely use gdb or gvd myself with Ada. Best way
> to trace a program line by line is reading the source :-) Sometimes when
> trying to get an understanding somebody else's program it can go a bit
> faster if you use a debugger to clear up some things though.

Debuggers are  not always  for finding bugs.   Sometimes, especially
for embedded systems,  a debugger is useful for discovering just that
little bit more about the program you plan to deploy.    HP used to have
a great little tool for the 1750A called the HP 65000 that   served well
in this role.

Richard Riehle




  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-07-15  1:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-09  4:42 How to debug an Ada program mauricio
2003-07-09  7:30 ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-09 16:07 ` Pascal Obry
2003-07-09 17:16   ` Cephus�
2003-07-09 21:28     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-10  3:37       ` Cephus�
2003-07-10  5:05         ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-10  7:25   ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-10 22:49     ` mauricio
2003-07-15  1:20     ` Richard Riehle [this message]
2003-07-15  4:22       ` James Rogers
2003-07-15 12:09       ` Marin David Condic
2003-07-11 13:05   ` Debugger Rant (was Re: How to debug an Ada program) Marc A. Criley
2003-07-11 13:26     ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-11 14:36       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-11 15:13     ` Jerry Petrey
2003-07-11 18:42       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-12  2:26         ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-15 23:33           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-11 19:36     ` Wesley Groleau
2003-07-11 20:33       ` Preben Randhol
2003-07-11 21:26         ` Wesley Groleau
2003-07-12  7:07     ` Brian Catlin
2003-07-15 23:34       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-16 19:24         ` Debugger Rant Marc A. Criley
2003-07-17  2:21           ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-18 19:52             ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-07-19  9:51               ` Pascal Obry
2003-07-17 16:33           ` Wesley Groleau
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