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From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: One of the worst Amiga programs ever--Manx SDB
Message-ID: <542@tmiuv0.uucp>
Date: 12 Apr 90 12:01:31 GMT
References: <7116@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
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In article <7116@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, moster@iris.ucdavis.edu (Richard Haynes Moster) writes:
> 	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.> 	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.

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> 
> 	Does anyone feel the same way I do?
> 
> 	Richard

I do.  I've never used SDB.  I can't stand it.  I use MetaScope.  MUCH better,
and can help debug concurrent tasks.
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