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Comment by hackyhacky

2 hours ago

WinDbg is a cool, but debug.com predates it by quite a bit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debug_(command)

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modeless  2 hours ago

Thus making it "a similar tool for the modern era" as you were asking for, IMO.

My favorite thing about WinDbg is that many people pronounce it "Windbag".

  • hackyhacky  1 hour ago

    WinDbg is just a debugger: it does not assemble or disassemble. It can't patch running programs in memory. Moreover, I don't consider Windows to be part of the modern era, as I haven't used a Windows machine for 20 years.

    So, no, WinDbg has nothing to do with debug.com.

    • nvme0n1p1  10 minutes ago

      > I don't consider Windows to be part of the modern era, as I haven't used a Windows machine for 20 years.

      I don't consider France to be part of the modern world, since I haven't visited Europe lately.

    • dwattttt  1 hour ago

      I'm not sure what you think a (native) debugger that can't disassemble would look like; I assure you it disassembles the instructions you debug.

      Its assembler is sadly stuck in the pre-x86_64 era (and refuses to do arm at all), however it disassembles all of those fine.

      Signed: someone who does pronounce it wind bag

lucb1e  2 hours ago

Okay, but is it not what you wished for, "a similar tool for the modern era"?

edit: I see I simul-posted with u/modeless, but I can't remove it now that there's a (duplicate) reply. Maybe mods can remove or at least collapse mine (their ID is one lower so they were first)

  • hackyhacky  1 hour ago

    WinDbg is just a debugger: it does not assemble or disassemble. It can't patch running programs in memory. Moreover, I don't consider Windows to be part of the modern era, as I haven't used a Windows machine for 20 years.

    So, no, WinDbg has nothing to do with debug.com.