I've never used SoftICE, but my first thought was that it looks a lot like MacsBug. I've always felt grumpy at the amount of work I have to do to convince gdb

I've never used SoftICE, but my first thought was that it looks a lot like MacsBug. I've always felt grumpy at the amount of work I have to do to convince gdb to show me anything useful when I'm trying to debug a program; it feels like debugging through the wrong end of a telescope. This screen shot feels like an immediate shot of relief - "oh THERE it all is, whew". I don't know if I'd even use all that information very much, but the sense that "all the context is right there in front of you" is a powerful one.