If you write code for Linux systems, chances are you will have used the venerable GNU Debugger (GDB). Acting as a back end for many GUIs and the interface to various JTAG debugging tools in the ...

An attendee at last week's WWDC writes of a potential bug in the GDB Debugger included on the Metrowerks "early access version" CodeWarrior CD that was distributed at the WWDC: "The CD contains an ...

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Being able to track down a bug in a mountain of source code is a skill in its own right, and it’s a hard skill to learn from a book or online tutorial. Besides the trial-by-fire of learning while ...

As a debugger, GDB is a veritable Swiss Army knife. And just like exploring all of the non-obvious uses of a those knives, your initial response to the scope of GDB’s feature set is likely to be one ...

All programs use memory, even ones that do nothing. Memory misuse results in a good portion of fatal program errors, such as program termination and unexpected behavior. Memory is a device for ...

As a programmer, I’m aware that I tend to make mistakes — and why not? Even programmers are human. Some errors are detected during code compilation, while others ...

With support for the GNU Debugger (GDB) coming soon, these debuggers may only be useful for a short period of time, says Charlie Miller, a noted iPhone hacker. ” As soon as the newer version of ...