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So can a debugger, except when you find something unusual, a real debugger will allow you to inspect things you didn't consider instrumenting, change variable-v

So can a debugger, except when you find something unusual, a real debugger will allow you to inspect things you didn't consider instrumenting, change variable-values, re-run code and validate assumptions. I just don’t see where this skepticism against specialised tools for tracking down bugs comes from.

Dudeman112 4y ago
>I just don’t see where this skepticism against specialised tools for tracking down bugs comes from Probably from the previous skepticism against print debugging. Every prevalent strong opinion in a social setting is eventually met with an equally strong opposite opinion in the same social setting.