In dynamic languages you get an instant burst of maybe-helpful text. (Instant gratification) With C coredumps, you get a snapshot of the entire system at the

In dynamic languages you get an instant burst of maybe-helpful text. (Instant gratification) With C coredumps, you get a snapshot of the entire system at the moment it crashed. You can literally walk through everything that wasn't corrupted beyond reading. If the system is, for example, a multiplayer game, you can literally navigate the entire gameworld like a frozen snapshot. This can be very helpful for finding well-hidden bugs. We're professional developers. It is worth the tiny bit of learning curve in order to get more productivity out of our tools!