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From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: VMS vs. UNIX s/w development tools - query
Summary: Debuggers under UNIX
Message-ID: <1081@vsi.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 89 13:47:13 GMT
References: <401@bionov.UUCP> <810033@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <810033@hpsemc.HP.COM>, gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) writes:
> 
>    VMS has debuggers that make the Unix debuggers look like the jokes that
>   they are.  The VMS debugger has a common command interface for C, Fortran,
>   Cobol, and Pascal.  I have not used it with Basic, but I bet it works on
>   that language as well (compiled basic is a Big Deal on VMS--many, many
>   applications are written in it, so don't laugh :-)). 

When System V Release 4 comes out, the /proc interface will make
it possible for *phenomenal* debuggers to be built (as I'm told
already exist somewhere within AT&T).  The ptrace(2) interface
has its limits, but /proc is not so encumbered.  /proc is easier
to understand and is much higher performance.

/proc is cool.  I wish I knew more about writing debuggers...

     Steve

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