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Re:Ask HN: Do You Use a Debugger? by shortrounddev2 on Saturday March 09, 2024 @03:05PM (#39654343)
I find debuggers are more useful in a dynamic language because of the uncertainty of the state of the program. I am better able to write lots of code without testing frequently in C++ than I am in Python or Javascript
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Re:Ask HN: Do You Use a Debugger? by anditherobot on Saturday March 09, 2024 @11:10PM (#39656652)
In a statically typed language and explicit type definitions.

int age = will never have string "December".

But in python both: age = 42 and age = "December" are possible.

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Re:Ask HN: Do You Use a Debugger? by shortrounddev2 on Sunday March 10, 2024 @10:38AM (#39659475)
Yes, that's why I find it much easier to write code without a debugger in c++, though I do use one frequently
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