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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: adb
Keywords: how why when
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Date: 11 Mar 91 19:08:09 GMT
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>i dont know about dbx, but i find adb to be a good debugger. the problem
>with source debuggers for c is that they do not find bugs in the compiler
>very well.

I.e., "adb" is more of a pain to use in many circumstances, because it's
a more low-level debugger, but since many versions of "dbx" don't have
very good low-level facilities, there are times where "adb" is necessary.