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From: jat@xavax.com (John Tamplin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Is C++ object oriented
Message-ID: <1990May5.233744.1052@xavax.com>
Date: 5 May 90 23:37:44 GMT
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In article <1006@media01.UUCP> pkr@media01.UUCP (Peter Kriens) writes:
>	- debugging
>	Because C++ is a pre-processor, it seems very hard
>	to debug, unless you have an integrated environment.
>	Further, the preprocessing phase add's another extra
>	process to the already tedious edit/compile/link/test
>	cycle.

I worked for over a year with a Cfront-based C++ and used a debugger intended
for C with no problems.  I could breakpoint lines and inspect variables easily.
Variable names were mangled, but it was not difficult to figure out.  With a
debugger like gdb that supports C++ syntax it is even easier.
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