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hexomancer ◴[] No.42146531[source]
Slightly off topic but I think it is a good place to ask: One of the few things from windows that I miss when using linux is the debugging experience with visual studio (not code). When debugging a medium-sized C++ project on windows, the launch of the debug build is pretty fast and stepping over lines is almost instantaneous. On linux launching the executable using gdb takes like 10 seconds loading modules and stepping over each line takes like half a second which I think is intolerable (lldb is even worse). Yet I don't see people complaining about this online very much. Am I missing something? E.g. is there a compiler flag that speeds up debug launch time and step speed that I am not using?
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3836293648 ◴[] No.42146716[source]
This is opposite the typical experience so you have some wedrd setup. Gdb is instant and VS' debugger takes forever. It's why companies like epic games have their own debuggers
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1. hexomancer ◴[] No.42146824[source]
Have you actually compared the debug performance of a large cross-platform application on windows vs linux?

I am not saying that you haven't just trying to make sure that your argument is backed by data rather than heresay.