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From: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C syntax question
Keywords: C, syntax, compiler
Message-ID: <93@estinc.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 89 02:02:30 GMT
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Reply-To: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc.
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In article <9838@dasys1.UUCP> dlovell@dasys1.UUCP (Douglas Lovell) writes:
>I use some code written by Fred Fish called "debug."

Actually it's called "dbug", but you're close...  :-)

>There are other features.  If this is what you're after, say so and I'll
>rustle it up.

One new feature which is not in any of the widely distributed versions
is stack accounting.  It can now keep track of your stack usage on a per
function basis, and provide you with information about your dynamic stack
usage.  This helped me cut the stack usage of one of my programs by about
a factor of 4.  Perhaps it's time for another posting to comp.sources.misc?

-Fred
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