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Re: Re: Re: Favourite GUI Debuggers

by Sandy (Curate)
on Dec 12, 2003 at 16:05 UTC ( [id://314339]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: Favourite GUI Debuggers
in thread Favourite GUI Debuggers

I'm the only one around here (work) who shops for opensource software (sometimes unsuccessfully). Everyone else wants the latest and greatest MS products. Comparatively speaking, <$300 is cheap.

Me... I still use 'print' statements in my code for debugging purposes. I know it's old, and please don't tell me that i'm nuts for doing it, it's an old dog, new tricks issue.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Favourite GUI Debuggers
by hardburn (Abbot) on Dec 12, 2003 at 16:15 UTC

    I still use 'print' statements in my code for debugging purposes. I know it's old, and please don't tell me that i'm nuts for doing it . . .

    You're not. Larry Wall once said he prefers prints over debuggers, too. I've heard similar things from other programmers over the years whose opinion I respect. Of course, there are a significant number of great programmers out there that use debuggers, too, so this isn't a clear-cut issue.

    The only time I've actually used a debugger is in the very little VB I've done, and only then because getting something printed in a language that is heavily tied to a GUI is really annoying.

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