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Programming in C, C++, and C#Discussion and advice for programming in C, C++, or C#. Mainly recommendations for diagnosing problems with building and maintaining code.
The purpose of this blog is to provide a guide to Linux C (and C++) programmers as to how to use the Gnu DebuGger, GDB, effectively.
My reasons for writing this are because I participate a great deal in the Linux Questions site and view, plus respond to a number of questions in the Programming forum, and I notice that programmers of various experience seem to be lacking in either experience+knowledge, or initiative, to use the debugger.
If you are a beginning programmer and have questions about how to get started, this blog entry may be helpful to guide you. If you already can edit code, compile it, run it, and debug it, then this blog entry is not for you.
This blog entry is not about Windows, MAC, graphical programming, or Integrated Development Environments (IDE).
This blog entry is intended to guide a new programmer to learn how to set-up C tools under Linux, edit and compile code, and how to debug....
Posted 12-01-2015 at 02:32 PM byrtmistler Updated 08-30-2018 at 11:43 AM byrtmistler
The added (including core dumps!) to my title is actually the main reason for me deciding to write this entry.
So very many times I see new programmers who write something, it compiles, so they run it, and then they are stumped because their programming resulted in a segment violation and possibly a core file. And now they're stuck, not knowing why this occurred and also having no real idea how to proceed.
Background - What Likely Led to This State/Situation ...
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