Re: [PHP-DEV] purify-like tool for Linux From: Sascha Schumann (sascha <email protected>)
Date: 02/08/00

On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 10:02:08PM +0200, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> Does anyone know of a commercial/non-commercial Rational Purify-like tool
> that works under Linux? Not a malloc/free checking library but one which
> actually does bounds checking and all of the goodies purify makes?

    AFAIK Rational has some patents[1] on Purify-internals, so it
    is rather unlikely that clones exists. Why don't you use
    Solaris?

> By the way, Rational supports Siemens UNIX and doesn't support Linux. WTF
> is Siemens UNIX?@#%$

    Rational is a partner[2] of Siemens, thus the support for
    Reliant UNIX.

    [1] http://www.iecc.com/comparch/article/97-04-070
    [2] http://www.siemens.com/servers/sens/sens_us/partner.htm 

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          Regards,

                            Sascha Schumann
                                 Consultant
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