Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)

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From: Kenneth Almquist
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 18:04

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> There is one exception here; most real-time programs have to interact
> - communicate - with things outside the scope of the system. Now
> these are not bug-free. Without writing a zillion lines of code to
> exactly nail down what guff they are sending over the interface, an
> interactive debugger in the receiving system IS essential - to debug
> the C or whatever that is producing the unchecked Crap that you're
> trying to digest.

I've generally found that tracing the stuff that goes across the
interface works better than a debugger for this.  Tracing provides a
complete scenario showing how the problem occurred so that you can
tell which system is at fault and how the problem occurred.  Of course
if you have an interactive debugger but no tools to support tracing,
that does skew the comparison.
					Kenneth Almquist

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