GNU Debugger

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The GNU Debugger (GDB) is a powerful debugging tool used to debug programs written in various programming languages such as C, C++, and Fortran.

• GNU Project maintains GDB as open-source software
• allows debugging both user-space and kernel-space programs
• can analyze the behavior of applications by:
  • inspecting memory
  • viewing the stack trace
  • and tracking application source code
• allows users to modify the application’s source code while debugging to manipulate its operation
• can debug Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows programs
• compatible with several compilers such as GCC, Clang, and Visual Studio