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Really cool! However isn't it a bit too late for DTrace to gain market share on Linux now SystemTap and all have gotten such a head start? For me personally I

• loeg 9y ago
  It would be very nice to be able to use the same Dtrace tracing skills and interface across a variety of modern Unix systems. I hope it isn't too late.
• severino 9y ago
  Well, it's never too late! I mean, when reading articles like this one: http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2015-07-08/choosing-a-linux-tracer.html http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2015-07-08/choosing-a-linux... Linux tracing looks like a mess, where there're dozens of incompatible alternatives, each one with its gotchas. But instead, dtrace is a mature standard framework which also works under BSD or macOS. You got one programming language, D, and tons of resources out there. So... my best wishes for this.
  • lscotte 9y ago
    It was a mess back then - in 2015. Instead, it's probably more useful to look at at where things are today rather than assuming things are the same as they were a few years ago. Things move fast in this space - for example, just a year later Brendan wrote this on eBPF: http://brendangregg.com/blog/2016-10-27/dtrace-for-linux-2016.html http://brendangregg.com/blog/2016-10-27/dtrace-for-linux-201...