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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: REVIEW:  Comeau C++ compiler
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 18:37:34 GMT

In article <37303@ditka.Chicago.COM> comeau@csanta.attmail.com (Greg Comeau) writes:
>
>Rememeber: C++ is a superset of C, therefore, most all things will
>be exactly the same.  What your C debugger will be at a loss for
>will be intimate details on stuff like class relationships.  We have
>discussed this with customers and although both they and us are working
>towards a resolution of the issue, in the interim, they have told us
>that in most cases, they are not using overwhelingly compilcated
>classes or not more that 2 levels of inheritance in most cases,
>and hence they do not consider the situation alarming or unusable,
>but instead just plain old annoying at times.  They also follow up
>by mentiioning that they feel a few steps ahead of the game even after
>pros - cons.
>
	Greg, I think there is a GAPING hole in the Amiga market
for a good debugger. Perhaps I've just missed it, but I've never
seen anything of the quality of gdb. If I want to evaluate an
expression that is reasonably complicated, I have no fear that it
will work in gdb. CPR only does the simplest of expressions.
	If you are looking for ideas, you should definitely
consider writing a high-quality debugger, one that can work with
C as well as C++ if you want to get into a larger and very
desperate market.

>
>- Greg
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	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.