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Re:C for high level programmers (slides) by benwaffle on Monday June 01, 2015 @07:02AM (#9637730)
21st century c

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Re:C for high level programmers (slides) by Flimm on Monday June 01, 2015 @08:46AM (#9638099)
I agree. I think tools like Valgrind and GCC debugger should really be introduced to the beginner from the get-go.
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Re:C for high level programmers (slides) by bnolsen on Monday June 01, 2015 @08:54AM (#9638137)
unit tests are more effective than using a debugger. I use a debugger a couple times a month and unit tests with sprinkled asserts and debug prints in the code.
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