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Re:Debugging mechanism in Intel CPUs allows seizing control ... by justinjlynn on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @12:50AM (#13362927)
There's a real practical difference between the operational semantics of the machine and the layers of abstraction a programmer understands and uses. Sometimes the only way to verify all models are confluent is with a debugger.
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Re:Debugging mechanism in Intel CPUs allows seizing control ... by emsy on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:45AM (#13363157)
Yeah I know, which I aknowledged. My problem is with people who write 50 lines of code and then open up the debugger to see what it does (As in "rely on the debugger")
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Re:Debugging mechanism in Intel CPUs allows seizing control ... by fao_ on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:21AM (#13363877)
That... depends on what level you're working at. And how obfuscated those lines are, etc. ad nauseum
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