Fw: [VPM] gdb or perl -d?
Peter Scott
Peter at PSDT.com
Mon Oct 6 20:29:24 CDT 2003
At 06:21 PM 10/6/2003 -0700, George Bowden wrote:
Thanks George!
> > On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Nathanael Kuipers wrote:
> >
> > > I would think that ultimately, perl -d is preferred for Perl projects
>since it
> > > is tailored for Perl. But what would the reasons/circumstances be for
> > > preferring the GNU debugger? :)
Um, apples & oranges. gdb can't debug Perl and perl -d can't debug C.
One could dream about perl -d invoking some kind of gdb to go into the
actual opcodes... sort of the equivalent of stepi. Anyone know if
there's going to be a Parrot debugger?
> > > P.S.Peter, could you please alter my PM recipient address to
> > > nathanaelkuipers at hotmail.com? As of the 12th, emails sent to current
>address
> > > will bounce.
Done.
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
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