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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2cdc6c2ee911fe77 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ehud Lamm Subject: Re: gdb question, was Re: Ada vs. C++ Date: 2000/02/15 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 586080458 References: <88a775$gsq$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.huji.ac.il X-Trace: news.huji.ac.il 950614366 5912 132.64.178.45 (15 Feb 2000 11:32:46 GMT) Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Feb 2000 11:32:46 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-15T11:32:46+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 tmoran@bix.com wrote: |>It has a lot to do with the quality of the Ada compilers and |>associated tools, especially debugging tools. |I recently needed, for the first time, to use gdb. It seemed |non-obvious and extremely klutzy. Is that just my unfamiliarity, |or does thatmatch others' observation? My students hate it. My experience is that it is so uncomfortable, that I almost never use it. Luck for me, I don't like debuggers at all. But if you need one, it'd better be easier to use. Another issue is that when invoked from AdaGide you are thrown into a new style of interface (TCL), which is inconsistent and confusing - not to mention all the windows that are open at once. Ehud Lamm mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ehudlamm <== My home on the web Check it out and subscribe to the E-List- for interesting essays and more!