From: Simon Strandgaard <0bz63fz3m1qt3001@...>
Date: 2003-04-29T21:09:37+09:00
Subject: Re: c++/ruby debugging advices

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:40:50 +0200, Frank Schmitt wrote:

> "Simon Strandgaard" <0bz63fz3m1qt3001@sneakemail.com> writes:
>  
>> ElectricFence vs Valgrind... what is the difference ?
> 
> AFAIK, ElectricFence is cross-platform, while Valgrind is
> Linux/i86 only, but for this platform, valgrind is much
> better IMHO - it detects quite a lot of errors (that is,
> if you make errors in the first place :-)


I would like to try out Valgrind.. but im running FreeBSD.
Even though FreeBSD has a linux compatibility layer.
The reason why it not has been ported to BSD seems to
be GPL/BSD licensing issues :-(

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Simon Strandgaard