| ??? 05/28/08 05:16 Read: times |
#155201 - Give us a break, Erik! Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
Pascal may be the 7th wonder of the world, but what does that help when no source based ICE/JTAG ... is available. What??? your ICE doesn't work on the ASM output from your compilers? I thought you'd debug the object code? That source-level debugging is no more than a primitive simulator. Research states that you will spend more time debugging than writing code, so what good does it do to have a better(?) way to code when it makes for a worse way to debug. [/quote]
If your high-level code doesn't compile and run perfectly the first time, perhaps you should go back to using ASM. HLL's are justifiable for BIG programs of a half-million lines or so, but for small, less than 100K-line (don't count the comments!) code, ASM is a better and more appropriate tool. Besides, if you write it in ASM it will probably be quite a bit smaller and faster. Erik
PS PLEASE do not reply with some bullshit about a simulator, a simulator is the most worthless tool in anybodys toolchest for any bug that is not 'static' Just because you don't know how to use 'em to advantage, doesn't mean they're not useful. Just ask the guys at JPL! RE |
