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From: haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MANX C & SDB
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Date: 1 Mar 88 15:16:27 GMT
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ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) writes:
>Thanks for the good review!  One question, just how useful is SDB for
>someone who _doesn't_ know Assembly, and is not ready to take the plunge
>and learn it?  I know that DB is about useless to me.  Is SDB better?
>Okay, it has to be better if it's a source level debugger, but, really,
>will I get much out of it if I don't know the first thing about Assembly
>and don't particularly want to learn (yet) ?

        I have not seen SDB yet, but the value of such a program can be
tremendous.  Suppose you have mis-indexed an array, with SDB you would
be able to examine the index values and notice its mis-alignment.  If your
a MANX programmer you shouldn't think twice about buying it.  For $75 it
should pay for itself in a month or two even if you are only worth minimum
wage (assuming you spend much time programming, that is).

        Also, if you are a serious programmer you must learn assembly
language.  It is not much more difficult than C, and provides an essential
understanding of how the computer works.  Learning assembly languages (the
pricipals) will benifit programming in other languages as well.  It's really
worth it in the long run.


                                                Good Luck,


                                                        Wade.

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