While it's not as good at C as at Java, Eclipse is still the way to go. Eclipse understands the full syntax, and you can Ctl-Click from the call of the method to the definition. Then you can Alt-LeftArrow back to where you came from. This is the only way to understand code. Walk through it, following the path of execution. I just used this to understand a 10 year old, 25,000 line C program, and I'd still be trying to understand it without this tool. It rocks. (For C, C++, Java, PHP, Perl, et al)
I worked as a defense contractor on a new (then) missile system. It was the AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile). We created a test platform to determine the stresses on the missile during combat flights. The test platform is basically a missile with the brains and exposives removed and sensors added.
Now this missile is pretty big. About 20 feet long. Very heavy. We packed this baby up in a long and narrow crate, with intermediate plywood supports and 3 1-inch thick plywood end caps, and shipped it to the test range. (don't remember the shipping co).
I wasn't allowed on the test range, but my Air Force co-workers showed me some pictures of the crate before they unpacked it.
Along one side was a LOT of yellow paint. Just the same color as the lines on the road. And about 4 feet of missile was sticking out of the end of the crate, including some of the guidance fins.
I'd be willing to bet that the drivers had serious talks with God when they saw what had just fallen off their truck.
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While it's not as good at C as at Java, Eclipse is still the way to go. Eclipse understands the full syntax, and you can Ctl-Click from the call of the method to the definition. Then you can Alt-LeftArrow back to where you came from. This is the only way to understand code. Walk through it, following the path of execution. I just used this to understand a 10 year old, 25,000 line C program, and I'd still be trying to understand it without this tool. It rocks. (For C, C++, Java, PHP, Perl, et al)
I worked as a defense contractor on a new (then) missile system. It was the AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile). We created a test platform to determine the stresses on the missile during combat flights. The test platform is basically a missile with the brains and exposives removed and sensors added.
Now this missile is pretty big. About 20 feet long. Very heavy. We packed this baby up in a long and narrow crate, with intermediate plywood supports and 3 1-inch thick plywood end caps, and shipped it to the test range. (don't remember the shipping co).
I wasn't allowed on the test range, but my Air Force co-workers showed me some pictures of the crate before they unpacked it.
Along one side was a LOT of yellow paint. Just the same color as the lines on the road. And about 4 feet of missile was sticking out of the end of the crate, including some of the guidance fins.
I'd be willing to bet that the drivers had serious talks with God when they saw what had just fallen off their truck.