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Item 2577550 94/05/17 10:04
From: DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET00# Internet Gateway
Subject: Announcing CrashCatcher for HP/PDO
Announcing CrashCatcher for HP/PDO:
CrashCatcher 1.14 is only tool available for debugging HP/PDO
software
PALO ALTO, CA, May 17, 1994 --- WhiteLight Systems, Inc. today
announced the release of CrashCatcher 1.14. This release of
CrashCatcher extends support to software running on
Hewlett-Packard computers running NeXT Computer's Portable
Distributed Objects (PDO). When an application enters a detectable
failure state (including invalid memory references, messages to
freed objects, NX_exceptions, and other problems), CrashCatcher
generates a comprehensive diagnostic report. CrashCatcher 1.14
continues to support software running under NEXTSTEP.
Without CrashCatcher, debugging PDO code is almost impossible
because the PDO version of gdb has serious bugs that make it
unusable. Specifically, gdb is unable to produce a correct stack
backtrace past any functions not compiled with NeXT Computer's
gcc. This includes functions linked in from the system libraries
as well as all code compiled with HP's compilers. Also, when an
application crashes and produces a corefile, gdb is unable to
determine the cause of the crash since gdb does not read corefiles
correctly.
CrashCatcher generates comprehensive reports on crashes and
non-fatal exceptions for software under development in gdb. It
then continues to watch for errors in beta-test and production
software in the field. When an error occurs, CrashCatcher
automatically sends a comprehensive report to the user's console
or to an e-mail address specified by the system administrator.
(Report output under HP/PDO is to a file or standard error.)
*Initiate reports externally and then return control to the
application.
*Customize report triggers and contents, even to system and
third-party resources.
*Safely decode C strings and objects.
*Enable "soft landings."
*Save time in development and achieve 100% reporting of
errors in the field.
For more information, contact:
Norman Goldfarb
WhiteLight Systems, Inc.
350 Cambridge Ave, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA, 94306 U.S.A.
Phone: (415) 321-2183
Fax: (415) 321-2083
NeXTMail:norm@whitelight.com
CrashCatcher and WhiteLight are trademarks of WhiteLight Systems,
Inc. NEXTSTEP, PDO and Portable Distributed Objects are
trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
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