You can use one of the following two applications to debug PL/I code:
- Java CodeWatch – the default GUI debugger. Use this to debug the majority of PL/I applications.
Note: Java 6 (Java JRE 1.6) or later must be installed on that machine using Java CodeWatch for debugging.
- Visual Studio debugger – available as technical preview only. Use this to debug PL/I code in certain special cases such as debugging the run-time
system or mixed language applications (such as having C and PL/I code working together).
You can only use the Visual Studio debugger to debug applications that compile to a single
.exe file, and you can debug the assembly and not the code. Breakpoint setting and stepping over is supported but other features,
such as adding Watches and local variables, is not.