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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2003-07-15 05:09:23 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: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to debug an Ada program Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:09:04 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3F13EEE0.9070601@noplace.com> References: <3F1356DB.D9032D0@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.be.4b Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 15 Jul 2003 12:09:22 GMT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40286 Date: 2003-07-15T12:09:22+00:00 List-Id: Perhaps a distinction is in order? In embedded systems it is not uncommon to build in a "monitor" capability that can serve in part for debugging purposes, but is often used to support verification, adjust the software by modifying constants, serve as a boot loader and in general allow the developers to gain insight into how their system operates. When you don't have a screen on which to display things and/or your interaction with the world is not in some human-viewable form, you need some means of watching what goes on for purposes beyond what most would consider traditional "debugging". MDC Richard Riehle wrote: > > 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. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================