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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: 2003-07-14 18:17:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to debug an Ada program Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:20:27 -0700 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3F1356DB.D9032D0@adaworks.com> References: Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 41.b2.41.e1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 15 Jul 2003 01:18:47 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40273 Date: 2003-07-15T01:18:47+00:00 List-Id: 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