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... I learn more about programs by running them in the debugger than reading the code Agreed - in Ruby, most of my development was driven by a REPL & debugger,
by misterbowfinger 10y ago
... I learn more about programs by running them in the debugger than reading the code
Agreed - in Ruby, most of my development was driven by a REPL & debugger, and tests. That's an example of a primarily imperative language, though it borrows some ideas from Lisp. But there, again, understanding error messages was key.