Re: Goodbye to compiling and linking. Every Database guy must know this!

If you have Emacs (X or NT version) you can use the perl debugger with a meta-command of "M-x perldb". The debugger works similar to gdb (a command line c debugger). If you don't have Emacs, then for goodness sake please download it from and GNU archive - it's free and useful at the same time (just as perl is). Ping Liu wrote: > > Are there any degugging tools available for perl? > > gold_bag@yahoo.com wrote in article <352BCE60.53BF@yahoo.com>... > > I hope this helps the software professionals/managers like you.... > > > > Computer speeds are doubling every 4 months, hence it makes sense to > > program in scripting language instead of C++, where a lot of time is > > wasted in compiling and linking. In C++ every change or even a small > > change in code requires compile and re-link and you do that thousands > > of times during development. Also in C++ you will > > have memory leak problems which are very hard to debug and you get > > many core dumps etc. You will be wasting several hours/days in > > debugging memory problems in C++. Perl does not have these > > problems at all!! -- __________________________________________________ | | _ | Robert Fernandes - LLNL AIS Department | _ / ) | | ( \\ _( /_ | Phone: (925) 423-1397 | _) )_ (((\\ \\) |_ Fax: (925) 423-5882 _| (/ /))) (\\\\\\\\ \\_/ ) LLNL Email: rfernand@llnl.gov ( \\_/ ////) \\ / fernandes6@llnl.gov \\ / \\ _/ \\_ / / / | Home Email: rfernand@ainet.com | \\ \\ / / |__________________________________________________| \\ \\