Re: How to tell gdb to exit?

Grant Edwards
2004-05-06T18:42:17Z

>> I messed around with this on and off for days, and couldn't
>> find the answer, but as soon as I put my foot in my mouth
>> publically, the answer appears. Odd, that.
>
> I actually find that this is a fairly effective technique for solving
> a problem. Send out a message, and then the answer occurs to you.
> The more people to whom you send the message, the more likely you are
> to find the answer yourself.

One might think that the answer should occur while one is
composing the message -- trying to explain the problem in
sufficient detail for others to understand often sometimes
reveals a solution. While this does happen, it also seems that
at least as often the answer appears about 20 minutes later.

> I've learned to exploit this fact by composing the message but
> delaying the actual sending for a period of time. Sometimes the
> answer will come to me before the message actually goes out.

I should try that...