Debugging

The most notable differences in the development environment occur in the debugging windows. The Register window shows a different register set than does the x86 edition, but it is manipulated in the same way regardless of the platform. The appearance of the Disassembly window is also different, because it shows platform-specific Alpha instructions. The Locals window, which displays addresses of symbols, is also affected by the addressing scheme of the Alpha processor, compiler, and operating system.