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GNU Debugger
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<p>The GNU Debugger (GDB) is a <a href="/facts/Software_portability/tWKVGCBb">portable</a> <a href="/facts/Debugger/mCe6UsWj">debugger</a> that runs on many <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> systems and works for many <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a>, including <a href="/facts/Ada_(programming_language)/Y2yHel4l">Ada</a>, <a href="/facts/Assembly_language/7XuV0cla">Assembly</a>, <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a>, <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>, <a href="/facts/D_(programming_language)/4qIzRjkF">D</a>, <a href="/facts/Fortran/m1KqjcMU">Fortran</a>, <a href="/facts/Haskell/ydEsHuGy">Haskell</a>, <a href="/facts/Go_(programming_language)/oWlsmAFJ">Go</a>, <a href="/facts/Objective-C/5mM557BW">Objective-C</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenCL/ns8y6np7">OpenCL C</a>, <a href="/facts/Modula-2/DFyUTdAq">Modula-2</a>, <a href="/facts/Pascal_(programming_language)/b3yvp8bF">Pascal</a>, <a href="/facts/Rust_(programming_language)/8JNMV19F">Rust</a>, and partially others. It detects problems in a program while letting it run and allows users to examine different registers. </p>