Debuggers (was Re: [LCP]Printing a Variables Value..!!!)

David Lloyd lloy0076 at adam.com.au
Mon Jun 23 21:30:01 UTC 2003


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Greg,

> In general, C programmers (with the exception of those who have
> chosen not to adopt sensible programming practices) don't use
> debuggers.  I don't even know how to drive any of the debuggers
> available to me, and do not look kindly upon my programmers if I
> catch them wasting time with such tools.

Some people, conversely, who know how to use debuggers can use them to
great effect. I think (from listening to many more experienced
programmers) that there are many programmers who rely too much on
debuggers but it doesn't mean that the debuggers are a bad tool.

DSL
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