Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 01:02:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bill Davidson <bdavidson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com>
Subject: Re: Debuggers
To: Stephen Turnbull <turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp>
Cc: ken AT jarrett DOT als DOT com, cburke AT mitre DOT org, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu



On Sat, 20 May 1995, Stephen Turnbull wrote:

> New tools require substantial set-up costs.  Even those lovely
> multi-window monsters like the Turbo debugger require some time.

Here, here!  I have use Turbo Debugger, and I think it is a great tool, 
but I found it far from intuitive when I first started, especially to 
unearth its true power.  That is, it is a pretty easy tool to use to do 
simple things (but then, so is gdb), but it takes some work and 
frustration to reach a point where you can actually _use_ all its 
features (or even understand them).  That said, it _is_ an "easier" tool 
than gdb, because the semi-graphical interface and co-existing windows 
(code, data, registers, FPU, stack, etc.) make it easy to see what is 
going on.
I have to admit that I have _not_ come anywhere near to mastering gdb, 
but I don't regard that as a fault of the tool; I haven't spent 
enought time with it.
HOWEVER (sorry for the shouting Steve :-) I have seen references in this 
thread to some documents which are not, to the best of my knowledge, 
included with the djgpp distribution.  Am I wrong?  Say so.  I think it 
would be useful for those of us who are not into the GNU loop outside 
djgpp if the distribution included pointers to those documents.
It _is_ hard to learn a new debugger along with a new development 
package, and we need all the help we can get!
Just my $.02 worth.
Bill Davidson 
bdavidson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com