Anaconda should be rewritten in a compiled language!

[stan]

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:56:25 -0500
Jon Stanley <jonstanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, you'd instead get much less useful errors instead. Obviously this
> particular typo would never compile, but logic errors, instead of
> giving you a nice traceback (and the ability to enter a debugger
> straight from where the installer bailed!) would give you a corefile,
> which could only be examined with appropriate tooling and knowledge.

Can you expand on entering the debugger when a traceback occurs?  What
packages need to be installed?  How is it invoked immediately after the
traceback in order to pick up the failed job?

Thanks.