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: 2003-07-12 00:05:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-pas-nf2!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Brian Catlin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Debugger Rant (was Re: How to debug an Ada program) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:07:48 -0700 Organization: Sannas Consulting Message-ID: References: <254c16a.0307110505.463b1cc0@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 44.a4.3f.2c X-Server-Date: 12 Jul 2003 07:07:32 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40223 Date: 2003-07-12T07:07:32+00:00 List-Id: "Marc A. Criley" wrote in message news:254c16a.0307110505.463b1cc0@posting.google.com... > > Preben has pointed you to gdb and gvd, these are indeed nice but with Ada95 > > you will probably very rarely have a need for a debugger, lot less than in C > > for sure. > > [...snip...] > I might be way off here, but it seems to me that you're using the debugger to debug your understanding of the problem/program, rather than writing specifications to figure out what you're really trying to do ahead of time. Granted, that in today's environment, it is hard for management to accept writing specs before coding, every study I've ever seen has shown that writing specs ahead of time improves the development process and the quality of the code produced -Brian