> * A step debugger
FWIW, i never really used a step debugger in the 15+ years working in lisp
(Slime and SBCL), most of it professionally with thousands of users and a full
stack codebase.
none of my other 3 colleagues missed/used it, nor, frankly, anyone i knew.
it must be one of those features that only seem useful from a distance (or i'm
living in a twisted niche of this niche).
and while we are at it, i think what fulfilled the same role was a combination
of:
- breakpoints
- dynamic recompilation from the debugger
- restarts in the debugger (especially one keypress to continue)
- logging
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