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Re: c/c++ project management and debugging


From: Elena
Subject: Re: c/c++ project management and debugging
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:51:52 -0800 (PST)
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On Dec 22, 1:32 pm, "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <p...@informatimago.com>
wrote:
> Elena <egarr...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Andrea Crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> writes:
> >> > Elena <egarr...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> >> Forgot to mention: neither "C-g" does break the hang nor the hang
> >> >> happens whenever I issue some specific command.  Thus your debugger,
> >> >> REPL and whole lisp development environment can't help.  You'd need a
> >> >> powerful IDE to debug such intricate cases.
>
> >> > Frankly that's just bullshit.
> >> > Do you think an IDE could help you to solve problems with Emacs?
>
> > Of course it would.  Tracing, profiling and similar tools are
> > available for languages which are more powerful than extension
> > languages.
>
> They are REQUIRED to be able to work with languages that are LESS
> powerful than lisp.

This is not the case.  I have a problem which would be dead-easy to
spot by using a tracer and a profiler.  Emacs Lisp lacks the former,
and that's fine since it is an extension language, not a language to
develop complex applications.


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