On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:53:54AM +0000, Jonathan Peterson wrote: > >> Given the feedback on suggestions about perl debugger tutorials, I > >>don't think many perl *users* use the debugger, so to me that explains why > >>no-one in the world noticed it sooner. To most perl users, the debugger is > >>not fundamental. > > > >I'd use it if I knew how <shrug>. > > The perl debugger is about as much fun as ed. Also, many people use perl > wrapped up inside some web environment which makes it not conducive to > debugging with the debugger. > > But I think that's a shame, because a debugger really ought to be more > fun than print statements. For all I know Activestate's Visual Debugger > is great. In fact I think I'll try it out.
Unless I had a particularly strange dream a few years back, I thought ddd gave a gui front-end to Perl's -d with all the usual features. <checks ddd man-page>Yup. I don't use it either tho' -- Chris Benson