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 Using GDB with Different Languages
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    Although programming languages generally have common aspects, they
 are rarely expressed in the same manner.  For instance, in ANSI C,
 dereferencing a pointer `p' is accomplished by `*p', but in Modula-2,
 it is accomplished by `p^'.  Values can also be represented (and
 displayed) differently.  Hex numbers in C appear as `0x1ae', while in
 Modula-2 they appear as `1AEH'.
 
    Language-specific information is built into GDB for some languages,
 allowing you to express operations like the above in your program's
 native language, and allowing GDB to output values in a manner
 consistent with the syntax of your program's native language.  The
 language you use to build expressions is called the "working language".
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