From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,CP1252 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ddc669e8cf09b24 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-15 16:34:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn12feed!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F148F80.1000708@attbi.com> From: "Robert I. Eachus" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Debugger Rant (was Re: How to debug an Ada program) References: <254c16a.0307110505.463b1cc0@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.71.243 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1058312065 66.31.71.243 (Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:34:25 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:34:25 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:34:25 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40312 Date: 2003-07-15T23:34:25+00:00 List-Id: Brian Catlin wrote: > I might be way off here, but it seems to me that you're using the debugger to > debug your understanding of the problem/program, rather than writing > specifications to figure out what you're really trying to do ahead of time. > Granted, that in today's environment, it is hard for management to accept > writing specs before coding, every study I've ever seen has shown that writing > specs ahead of time improves the development process and the quality of the code > produced. Amen! I just finished another post to the same effect. -- Robert I. Eachus �In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. Will he aim at your enemy?� -- from the Laiden novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.