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From: moster@iris.ucdavis.edu (Richard Haynes Moster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: One of the worst Amiga programs ever--Manx SDB
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Date: 10 Apr 90 03:41:37 GMT
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	Well, Manx has stuck it to us Amiga C users again.  

	When they came out with their symbolic debugger SDB, it cost
~$75 and couldn't even properly display the values of such primitive
variable types as "floats".  In fact, it had trouble displaying array
variables at all.  So, here it is, more than a year later and 
finally, months after the stated release date, they come out with an
upgrade.  The "upgraded" SDB can display floats, but still has trouble
with array variables and, worst of all, crashes A LOT!  In
fact, I think it is safe to say that most programs that one wishes to
debug with it probably have fewer bugs in it than the debugger.  

	What does Manx say?  Well, they say that they are working on
another upgrade and in the mean time I could use the old version of
the debugger!!  I hope I live long enough to see their next
downgrade...errr....upgrade--after all I'm already 30.

	What can I do about crap like this?  They've taken my money
and haven't given me even a decent program, and it's worse after the
upgrade!! I'm tired of waiting for them to get their act together.

	Does anyone feel the same way I do?

	Richard