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Linus once said that debuggers are for sissies. I knew he would regret saying that sometime. Here is another of his rants against debuggers. Just substitute 'k
by Haskell 18y ago
Linus once said that debuggers are for sissies. I knew he would regret saying that sometime.
Here is another of his rants against debuggers. Just substitute 'kernel debugger' by 'simple chipset debugging facilities' (whatever that means) in that email and basically he has his response for why Intel isn't adding it.
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/linus-im-a-bastard-speech.html http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Kernel/linus-im-a-bastard-speech.h...
Intel engineers are saying, 'simple chipset debugging facilities' are for sissies!
- Agathos 18y agoWell I know he said real men use printf, but it sounds like he's putting the system in a state where it can't print to anything.
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- Haskell 18y agoTherefore, he is putting himself in a state where he is not a real man. This is his logic, not mine.
- Agathos 18y agoHe put himself in a state where the only options were more difficult than printf. Therefore he exceeded his own standard for real manliness, and remains a real man. It seems like a simple transitive relation to me; are you saying his logic neglects transitivity?