LLDB - a new C++ debugger
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LLDB demonstrates concrete differences: it JIT-compile C++ expressions with clang so ad-hoc C++ snippets run inside the debugged process (no rebuild), exposes a public C++/Python SB API and MI compatibility for tooling, and reads DWARF on demand — giving near-instant prints where GDB can take minutes. Tradeoffs: initial DWARF indexing exists and can add seconds (reports like ~13s or dozens for large builds), and some compressed debug formats / syslib debuginfo support are still missing.
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