GDB Speak: `inferior' rather than `target'?

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 12:06:32AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Daniel wrote:
> >I'm with Kevin - I don't like either inferior or target.  I'd suggest
> >punting to debugee but it's too cumbersome.
> 
> "Debugee" is extremely clear.  Use it!
> 
> It doesn't translate well, of course, but so what?

It's awkward.  And it can't be shortened at all - you end up with
debug, which could mean debugger.  Think of gdb/inf*...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer