<p>Am 23.09.2017 18:30 schrieb "Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus" <<a href="mailto:lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org">lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org</a>>:<br>
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> On 2017-09-23 12:36, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:<br>
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>>> FPC doesn't even cover the most basic of things - no decent debugger<br>
>>> that can handle all the Object Pascal language features. :-/<br>
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>> Of course not. FPC is not a debugger, it is a compiler.<br>
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> Strange then that FPC includes many other tools like documentation generators and such. But something as critical as a debugger has always been brushed under the carpet (low or no priority). A compiler and debugger go hand-in-hand as part of a developer's "toolbox" - think minimum requirements.</p>
<p>Considering that both compilers and debuggers are considered part of the Holy Trinity of programming (with the third being operating systems) I personally am not surprised as writing any of those three is a hard task, much harder than e.g. a documentation generator and we definitely don't have the manpower for that.</p>
<p>Regards,<br>
Sven</p>