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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
- Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software?
- Message-ID: <2539@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 23:27:13 GMT
- References: <Bt9HK2.8w8@ef2007.efhd.ford.com> <1992Aug21.201734.20379@PA.dec.com> <ellis.714671150@nova> <1992Aug24.204133.15551@tc.cornell.edu>
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- bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
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- >I hope you realize that there is much more to programming than just
- >producing executables. For example, a significant portion of time is
- >spent on debugging. It is _very_ difficult to debug with the f2c
- >translators. You must debug a barely readable code in C, rather than
- >Fortran. As a debugger, GDB from the FSF is much inferior to PC debuggers
- >such as CodeView from Microsoft.
- The most superiour debugging tool is, IMHO, printf or any equal command or
- function in any other language.
-
- >optimizing compiler, but people need good debuggers to work efficiently.
- >Thats where the FSF fails.
- Go and write your own or change GDB. No one will stop you!
-
- >Why did not the FSF did not write a decent FORTRAN compiler throughout
- >its existence ?
- Let me guess, because it has no high priority?
-
- >Even now there is only a single person involves in it and it proceeds very
- >slowly.
- Then why don't you give that poor soul some help?
-
- >Probably because FOrtran is not a hacker's language, but many people need it.
- And many don't.
-
- Greetings,
- Peter Busser
-