Rick Fochtman wrote:
I can't help it; I've got to "butt in" here with one of my pet peeves. We'va all used GTF and SLIP at one time or another to try and debug system problems and, perhaps less often, application problems. I write almost all my code in Assembler and the lack of debugging tools that I can imbed into a product is one of my "pet peeves". GTF quite often uses the MC instruction (like in GTRACE expansion) to "hook" into various routines at selected points. Why, in the name of all that's holy, can't application programmers, get access to the same kinds of interfaces? Freely granted, there's lots of room for abuse; freely granted that misuse, or overuse, can lead to severe performance issues. But a "fast path" mechanism through SPIE/ESPIE, just for MC interrupts, could be expanded into a wonderful debugging mechanism. And with all the skills represented on this list, it could catch on like wildfire for Assembler-language developers.
Most serious assembler language developers I know use this: http://www.colesoft.com/about.shtml
There is also IDF from the High Level Assembler Toolkit which has some nice features, but doesn't debug authorized, cross memory, or SRB mode code. The entire HLASM toolkit -- including the debugger -- is only $99/month.
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