Version II.0, February 1979
To facilitate the debugging of Pascal programs, an interactive
debugger was included in the system in earlier releases. In order to
use it, it required more memory than was available with any
meaningfully sized program. We removed the debugger from the system
as it was more of a thorn in the side of progress than a statement of
progress itself. We are working on a new debugger and hope to have it
in a useful state soon. The current changes in the P-machine may make
the task of writing the debugger somewhat easier, and there for
quicker. Please do not inquire as to when the debugger will be ready
for release, as the answer you will get will be “soon”.
Thank-you for your patience and cooperation in this matter.
