NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/lang/c/13489

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From: [e-mail] (Jon Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Opinions about Purify
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Date: 11 Sep 92 01:31:06 GMT
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I would like to know what the people on this newsgroup think about
Purify, a product for finding run-time memory errors in C (and C++)
programs.  I attended a C++ seminar taught by Lippman, the author of
_C++ Primer_, and he said it was invaluable when he and his colleagues
were writing the AT&T C++ compiler--a pretty strong endorsement, I'd
say.  Purify seems a bit expensive to me--do other people think it's
really worth the money?  (I don't know if it's considered appropriate
to state exactly how much it costs, so I won't.)  Are there any other
programs out there with similar functionality that cost, say, no more
than $1000 for a single-CPU license?

                Thanks,
                 Jon
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