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From: iann@specialix.co.uk (Ian Nandhra)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Re: ANSI C Toolset
Message-ID: <1991Jan3.131600.7103@specialix.co.uk>
Date: 3 Jan 91 13:16:00 GMT
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paul@crl.ucsd.edu (Paul Smith) writes:


>	I just received some information in the mail from INMOS about 
>a new product, "ANSI C Toolset for the Transputer Family" and I would 
>like to find out if anyone is or has used this.  Specifically I'd 
>like to know more about the debugger which is touted in the glossy.  
>They supposedly provide both an interactive and post-mortem source 
>level debugger, as well as a simulator.  I would like to know how 
>well the interactive debugger works.  Particularly how well it 
>deals with multiple processes on a single transputer, and accessing 
>local or static variables.  

>	We currently are using Logical Systems C and have written our 
>own post-mortem debugger, based on adb.  We're using the B011 board 
>on a sun 3.  We very happy with the code LS's compiler generates
>but we'd be happy with an interactive debugger.

I have been using the Inmos C compiler for a long time now (almost
from the start) targetting T2 family Tp's.

The debugger has more features than I have time to go into,
it has proved to be extremly useful, well thought out and well
worth using. 

Gripes? Well there are a few, but nothing anywhere is 
perfect and frankly we would be starting to nit-pick.

Unfortunately I have no experience with it on multiple transputer
networks. However, from the menu's its looking good.... :-)

Gotta rush......


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