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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of print debugging by ReactiveJelly on Saturday April 24, 2021 @10:41PM (#26929938)
> we find stepping through a program less productive than thinking harder and adding output statements and self-checking code at critical places.

Uh, me too. That's why I don't single-step through huge chunks of a program.

I use code breakpoints.

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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of print debugging by bc4m on Sunday April 25, 2021 @12:56AM (#26930425)
I'm getting the impression a lot of people don't know basic debugger features like "continue" or setting breakpoints while paused at a breakpoint.
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