Fortran - Re: Fortran Error Reporting Requirements

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Re: Fortran Error Reporting Requirements

Gordon Sande

2007-11-30, 10:09 pm

On 2007-11-30 18:51:05 -0400, lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) said:

> In article <7%%3j.59$o_6.58@trnddc08>, Dan Nagle <dannagle@verizon.net> wrote:
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> As an aside, the sorts of errors we're talking about are the ones
> rarely helped by using a debugger. Many programmers hate debuggers and
> think they're a waste of time, for good reason.
>
> -- greg

The problem with "debuggers" is that they are used to hunt for errors
long after they occur and the program has finally be felled by the
resulting symptoms. The undefined checking that was done by WatFor
in the past or the current Salford/Siverfrost or Lahey/Fujitsu will
blow the whistle much earlier.

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