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"Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ev
by dgb23 3y ago
"Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?"
- Brian Kernighan
- klysm 3y agoSo if I work hard to make a program really easy to debug, then I’m making it harder to debug?
- dgb23 3y agoI think the term "clever" is used to describe unnecessary complexity and indirection, which makes the code harder to debug. I agree with the notion that simplicity is hard though.
- teo_zero 3y agoEasy: I'll invest the same effort but for the double of time.