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From: chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SDB 5.0 question
Message-ID: <48c8d920.1a5bf@moth.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 90 05:00:00 GMT
References: <7875@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> <1113@dialogic.UUCP>
Reply-To: chrisl@caen.UUCP (Chris Lang)
Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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In article <1113@dialogic.UUCP> gerry@pencilbox.UUCP (Gerry Lachac) writes:
>I haven't used my new SDB since I got it, except for flipping throught
>the manual.  The user interface is the same (according to the manual).
>Simple 2 letter commands for everything, no menus, no gadgets, etc.
>Personally, I think this *stinks* considering MANX had well over a
>year to improve it.  At least it supports floating point math now.  

Well, I guess someone has to defend Manx.  I LIKE SDB's interface.  When I'm
debugging, the last thing I want to have to do is choose a menu item or
open a cheesey window to do it.  I want to type in a simple command and
have it executed.  SDB does well in this regard...CPR I can tolerate, but
I don't care for...MultiScope under OS/2 is particularly horrendous, but its
power as compared to CodeView makes me use it.  (Neither of them is nearly as
flexible as either CPR or SDB.  The Amiga's development environment is a
joy to use compared to MessyDOS'.)

Now that Manx has started using the standard Amiga object file format, does
this mean I will be able to debug code produced by Lattice with SDB and code
produced by Manx with CPR?  I hope so...can someone clarify this for me?

Just my 1.5 cents' worth.

 -Chris
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