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That's about the same vibe I got from GDB so far. I don't use it all to often, so I'm certainly not that "effective" in it, but I still get my debugging done. A
by btschaegg 9y ago
That's about the same vibe I got from GDB so far. I don't use it all to often, so I'm certainly not that "effective" in it, but I still get my debugging done. And yes, it is a bit arcane.
However, on the topic of picking this over the VS debugger: The lack of arcane configuration, socket permissions and usage steps required to get it running on remote machines is what would make me pick it over VS nearly all the time. I haven't yet gotten to try the VS2017 one, but its predecessors were abysmal in that regard.
Tellingly, GDB's simplicity in that regard - which is the same as far as many other UNIXy tools go - comes from the approach of "if you have an SSH connection, you're good to go", which is something that is lacking in almost any Microsoft tool.