Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Just-In-Time Dubugging?

This post is somewhat technical in nature and deals with Microsoft's "Just-In-Time Debugger"
According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5hs4b7a6.aspx

Just-In-Time debugging is a feature that launches the Visual Studio debugger automatically when a program, running outside Visual Studio, encounters a fatal error. Just-In-Time debugging allows you to examine the error before the application is terminated by the operating system.

Basically, this is a tool designed to help a software developer understand why a program crashed. The name gives me the impression that the program could be fixed and resumed. However, this is simply not the case. The 'just-in-time debugger' prolongs the inevitable; the program is going to crash. For regular users, wouldn't you say this tool is more 'just-too-late' than 'just-in-time'?

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