[petsc-users] possible development on Windows?

[Jed Brown]

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 08:02, Dominik Szczerba <dominik at itis.ethz.ch> wrote:

> I did not mean building on Windows, I meant developing on Windows
> (only C/C++). I.e. doing regular everyday boring stuff like debugging
> crashes or deadlocks, testing memory accesses with valgrind...
>

We both understood that. Alexander says he uses the VS debugger, for
example.


> If you
> tell me that all the main developers do not use Windows it sounds
> quite pessimistic...
>

You are welcome to contribute.


> Yes, valgrind-equivalent tool is what I care for
> most.
>

Valgrind is a pretty unique tool. You could try the commercial software
called Purify. There is nothing preventing Microsoft from contributing
valgrind support for Windows.
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