Memory and performance problems plague most of us, but tools are available that can help. One of the best, most powerful and easiest to use is Valgrind. One thing stands out when you use Valgrind--you ...

1) Are there any good memory debugging tools (ie: Valgrind) available for OS X?<BR><BR>2) If anyone has used dmalloc for OS X, should I install the shared version or the thread version?<BR><BR>I write ...

We all know what bugs in code are. We don’t like them when they are in programs we use, and they’re even worse when they are in code which we have written. Clearly, the best code is bug-free, but how ...

A memory debugging tool like Valgrind is well suited to this, though it's a fair amount of work to get this up and running. You might just run it through gdb and see where you are when it crashes.

As a programmer, I’m aware that I tend to make mistakes — and why not? Even programmers are human. Some errors are detected during code compilation, while others ...

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