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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be6935f8bf92ebe7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" Subject: Re: debugger debate (was: any research...) Date: 1997/04/22 Message-ID: <9704221332.AA06103@most>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 236939398 Sender: Ada programming language Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > ... debuggers ... are hardly ever necessary if the code ia > properly designed. Either the bug will not occur ... or it > will obviously be in module 'x' function 'y' ..... > ... many programmers use a debugger to watch what their code is doing > as a replacement for understanding it. But those of us that congratulate ourselves for not needing a debugger most of the time can end up embarassed when we do need it and don't know how to operate it! (Voice of experience...) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) Office: 219-429-4923 Hughes Defense Communications (MS 10-41) Home: 219-471-7206 Fort Wayne, IN 46808 (Unix): wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------