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How Dwarf Works
Jim Calabro
Its purpose is to provide a user-friendly starting point for learning about how debug information and debuggers work on Linux. If you want to learn more beyond what's contained in these posts, I highly recommend reading all relevant versions of the source documentation as well as other reference implementations that are pretty decent (links below). I find that most people simply don't use gdb and instead reach for printf-debugging since it's quicker and easier for the vast majority of use-cases.
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