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by 80x25 3566 days ago
*db is common nomenclature for debuggers: gdb, lldb, cdb, pdb
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smt88 3566 days ago
It's also a common suffix for databases, whereas "dbg" is unambiguous.
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brianwawok 3565 days ago
If I saw dbg I would have no idea what you were talking about.
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justinclift 3565 days ago
"DBG" == "Debugger" is a fairly common thing.
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brianwawok 3565 days ago
Not to me, and have been in the field 10 years. Would be curious to see the survey results.. all I can say is 100% would not recognize it.
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Drdrdrq 3565 days ago
But usually in lowercase...
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