> I've been struck by the lack of standard debugging skills taught > compared to the diagnosis skills taught to medics, mechanics and other
Well, they all get taught how to do print statements. (and that's mostly how I debug, and yes, I've tried all the other ways) Actually a lot of what doctors etc. do amounts to print statements : X-Rays are just core-dump snapshots, barium meals are a sort of print statement. Stethoscope work is listening to the sounds coming back : print statements. Of course most doctor type-debugging is black box stuff - at least with code you can get in there and fiddle around.....(endoscopy and investigative surgery are ways round the black box of course) L. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List (discuss@ppig.org) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
