From reading that kernel summit mailing list thread I get the impression that the Linux folks only think that dtrace is useful for system administrators and ker

From reading that kernel summit mailing list thread I get the impression that the Linux folks only think that dtrace is useful for system administrators and kernel developers. What they fail to realize is that by supporting dtrace they will make Linux a better application development platform too. I've been in many situations where I am developing code on Linux (in C or C++) and where I need to understand what is happening in my code or the system. The current tools on Linux are either completely underpowered or non-existent, so I frequently move code to my OS X box or even to OpenSolaris running in VMWare. Just to use dtrace.