XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 17:35:24 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
      
   > rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
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   >> On Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:57:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
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   >> It's been a day or three but I think I did. iirc it also had the   
   >> charming feature of only manifesting in the Windows build, not in Linux   
   >> where I had valgrind and electric fence.   
   >>   
   >> Another mystery is why memory debuggers on Windows are expensive and   
   >> barely usable. We had a Purify license but configuring the   
   >> instrumentation was such a hassle it was rarely used. When the license   
   >> came up for renewal nobody spoke up to keep it. BoundsChecker   
   >> reportedly is even worse.   
   >   
   > At work I was using a free product that was a lot like valgrind:   
   > Dr. Memory.   
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   Interesting that it claims to be faster than Valgrind. One problem I had   
   with Valgrind is the Motif libraries are pretty crappy, particularly MRM.   
   If you could make it past them it was good.   
      
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