jmpiazza@sunybcs.UUCP (09/30/87)
In article <29417@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >In article <164@geocub.UUCP> anthes@geocub.UUCP (Franklin Anthes) writes: >> ... >> While I'm "on the air" I'd like to send out a plea for someone to post GOFM, >>because it sounds like a real godsend for anybody who is doing development on >>the amiga. (like maybe even me:-) > >Actually a better Godsend is metascope, even if you don't like to use it. >Run Metascope programname and if the system traps to one of the GURU addresses >it will (like illegal instruction, or address fault) it will jump into >metascope and you can look around. If it hits something like 'corrupt free >list' you'll want to reboot anyway so why bother no? Well, no. GOMF (Get Out of My Face) handles a guru without needing to know how to use (or purchase for that matter) a debugger. This could be helpful for neophyte and other light-weight programers. (I'll have to pass on posting 'cause our phone-link is screwed up.) Flip side, joe piazza --- Cogito ergo equus sum. CS Dept. SUNY at Buffalo 14260 UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!jmpiazza CS: jmpiazza@cs.buffalo.edu BI: jmpiazza@sunybcs