> It takes less time to decide where to put print statements than to single-step to the critical section of code, even assuming we know where that is. Stupid q

> It takes less time to decide where to put print statements than to single-step to the critical section of code, even assuming we know where that is. Stupid question - did their debugger not have breakpoints? Not that that would make using the debugger superior in all cases, but would eliminate time wasted "single stepping to the critical section". I do agree with their overall point.