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From: SERRER@nrcm3.nrc.ca (Martin Serrer - Systems Manager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: RE: dbx problems
Message-ID: <89Aug8.151314edt.57347@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Date: 8 Aug 89 20:02:00 GMT
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   Brent Bates writes...

>    I take back all the NICE things I had to say about dbx.  It barely works.
>(I am TRYING to use it at the moment, thats why I remember how bad dbx is)

  I agree!!! and EDGE just almost glosses over the rough edges. SW tools
development people at SGI, Are you listening ?? Why not just throw out dbx
altogether and create something new and useful rather than just patching up
what was terrible to begin with! The documentation doesn't help matters much
either.
                                        Martin
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