This would depend on the language/compiler/linker - take Java (which the article is about). Attaching debugger does nothing prior to adding a breakpoint. The b

This would depend on the language/compiler/linker - take Java (which the article is about). Attaching debugger does nothing prior to adding a breakpoint. The breakpoint would cause the method to be deoptimized, executed in the interpreter. Removing the breakpoint would allow the method to be optimized again. Now obviously during stepping in, the thread would be blocked and not highly concurrent. However print statements just bare the concurrency.