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Ah, but if you run it slowly enough (step through it, for instance), you get the same thing in effect; anything you want to know you can find out before anythin
by Jebdm 18y ago
Ah, but if you run it slowly enough (step through it, for instance), you get the same thing in effect; anything you want to know you can find out before anything changes.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoAssuming a REPL, and methods of introspection that do not otherwise change state of the system!
- cconstantine 18y agoYou don't need a REPL to step through a program.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoYou're absolutely right. Sorry, I had repressed those memories ;)
- prospero 18y agoYou can easily lose the big picture by stepping through each line of code, especially if your program is heavily iterative or even mildly threaded. You can miss the forest for the trees or the trees for the forest; the middle ground is elusive at best.
- jwilliams 18y agoYup - you can't find a race condition by stepping through your code.