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Re: [freenet-tech] Technology / Features
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- To: Adam Megacz <gcj at lists dot megacz dot com>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:57:18 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: [freenet-tech] Technology / Features
On 25 Feb 2002, Adam Megacz wrote:
> I personally don't use GCJ for debugging -- I get my code 100%
> working/debugged/tested under HotSpot, and then recompile with GCJ for
> deployment. VM's and interpreters will probably always provide a
> better debugging environment than static compilers.
I find your comment a little surprising... while gdb's support for java
has room for improvement, I've never seen a java debugger I liked.
With gcj I can connect to a running process and examine threads, data,
etc. Sun's JDK doesn't provide much other than the SIGQUIT hook. And a
core dump from the JDK is pretty much useless.
Jeff