Tools that were used to create MySQL 1.8.4 Tools that were used to create MySQL The following is a list of some of the tools we have used to create MySQL. We use this to express our thanks to those that has created them as without these we could not have made MySQL what it is today. From whom we got an excellent compiler ( gcc ), an excellent debugger ( gdb  and the  libc  library (from which we have borrowed  strto.c  to get some code working in Linux). For a really great editor/environment. Author of  valgrind , an excellent memory checker tool that has helped us find a lot of otherwise hard to find bugs in MySQL. For  DDD  (The Data Display Debugger) which is an excellent graphical front end to  gdb ). Although Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates own all copyrights in the  MySQL server  and the  MySQL manual , we wish to recognize the following companies, which helped us finance the development of the MySQL server , such as by paying us for developing a new feature or giving us hardware for development of the  MySQL server . Funded replication. Editing of the MySQL manual. The MySQL website in use between 1998-2000. Contributed to development on Windows and Linux platforms. Contributed to Development on Linux/Alpha. Development on the embedded  mysqld  version. The  --skip-show-database  option. 91 •FutureQuest •SWSoft •Compaq •Intel •Stork Design studio •NuSphere •VA Linux / Andover.net •Julian Seward •Dorothea Lütkehaus and Andreas Zeller •Free Software Foundation & The XEmacs development team •Free Software Foundation 1.8.5 Supporters of MySQL