Dossy Shiobara wrote:
On 2006.09.06, Rick Gutleber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As much as it would please, however, me to be able to step through Tcl
code, I think Dossy is correct. You really can live without one.
I think the point here is, if you force yourself to live without one, it
demands that you become a better programmer. Either that, or spend a
lot of time chasing down stupid bugs without the debugger.
Just because a debugger reduces the time you spend chasing down stupid
bugs, it doesn't force you to become a better programmer.
When you have a debugger, what's your incentive for becoming a better
programmer? Where's the "pain" that you work hard to avoid?
Remembering and carefully avoiding past mistakes (why bother, when you
can just root them out in the debugger)? Improving your fundamental
design repertoire to eliminate known bad decisions (why bother, the
debugger will let you finagle your way through even the worst of rats
nests)?
Perhaps that's the wisdom that Linus was trying to impart, here.
I for one don't think that programming should be painful; I prefer it to
be enjoyable (honestly, if I found it painful I'd find a different line
of work). Finding bugs with a debugger is plenty painful anyway, and
wanting to improve myself as a programmer is enough of a motivation to
be a better programmer and not make the same mistakes again.
-J
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