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RE: Debuggingby Anonymous Monk |
on May 24, 2000 at 09:47 UTC ( [id://14502]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Have you ever really thought about what an odd process debugging is? You sit there, pitter patting away at the keyboard, staring at the screen. Looking for something you know is there, because it manifests itself or because you know it is there. Switching editors, adding prints, running debuggers. Trying to logically eliminate the problem. I don't think I have ever logically eliminated a bug. Solutions come, Like a flash. Logic helped, I have no doubts. But the solution does not come from logic. It comes from somewhere else, I don't know the place. But I can feel it and I know when I have entered that place. When I try to explain what coding is like, I always try to explain debugging. A fruitless exercise, like explaining the moon to those who do not look up. I think the Hacker's worldview is shaped by debugging. Dealing with the computer is like dealing with reality. Harsh, Sharp, Unforgiving. Crulx patch by StickMan
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