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From: tmb@davinci.acc.Virginia.EDU (Thomas M. Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Benchmark source level debugger
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Date: 18 Jul 89 12:25:19 GMT
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In article <6514@warpdrive.UUCP> stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) writes:
>In article <19049@louie.udel.EDU> STU00@vx.acss.umn.edu (Stuart Stanley) writes:
>>Hello,
>>
>>    I noticed someone on the net mentioned a source level debugger
>>that he/she had tried for the Benchmark Modula2 compiler.  I am
>>very interted in buying this program, so if anyone could lend
>>me some information on this, I would be most happy. 
>
>  The benchmark guys just sent me a letter offering their brand new
>Source Level Debugger for the paltry sum of $150.00 US.  Well, I'm
>glad to see that they now have a Source Level Debugger (they promised
>productivity gains of 1000%), but at that price I'm afraid it won't
>make it to my door.  Actually that's more than I paid for the compiler.
>Don't get me wrong, I really like the compiler, but the price is 
>just too high.  And no special offers for us long-suffering users either.
>
>  Stewart

I blanched a little at the price as well, but being in the middle of a drawn-
out project I went ahead and sprung for it, thinking that it would help me
finish the project up quickly. 

I have not regretted the spending the money.

The SLD is very solid and very quick and easy to use (at least with a 3MB
system). I have no experience with the Amiga C debuggers, but the Benchmark
SLD is so much simpler and quicker to use than the VMS (multi-language)
debugger I am used to that I continued to feel released (from a heavy weight)
when I use the Benchmark one (and forgive it for not supporting watchpoints).

And it certainly has helped me smoke out the bugs much more quickly. I easily
found a couple of sleeping ones deep in support modules that I had not looked
at in months (and thought were bug-free). Without the SLD it would have been
a long time before I even considered looking into them for the problem.


            - Tom Breeden
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