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Re:Why I prefer scheme to Haskell by getsat on Monday April 09, 2012 @01:52PM (#3818244)
For the record, this was sarcasm. It's 2012. I really hope you guys aren't debugging using printf still.

You'd think someone into esoteric languages would've heard of a debugger.

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Re:Why I prefer scheme to Haskell by reddit_clone on Monday April 09, 2012 @08:52PM (#3820120)
Print/Trace statements are invaluable in several situations.

I don't trust debuggers for multi-threaded applications or applications with open, time-sensitive resources (open sockets etc..)

Installing and firing up a debugger is not an option in a customer's system.

> It's 2012

I expect to be using Printf's in 2022 and beyond.

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Re:Why I prefer scheme to Haskell by jrockway on Monday April 09, 2012 @02:11PM (#3818359)
I'm pretty good at Haskell and prefer print to debuggers in pretty much every language. I'd rather have the computer produce output for me to read than to have to hand-hold the computer through evaluating my program. It's easier.
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Re:Why I prefer scheme to Haskell by gruseom on Monday April 09, 2012 @02:14PM (#3818379)
The one doesn't replace the other. I wrote a JS debugger for Emacs so as to have a debugger when I wanted one. I still use print statements more.
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