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New & Revolutionary Debugging Techniques?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems that people are still using print statements to debug programs (Brian Kernighan does!). Besides the ol' traditional debugger, do you know any new debugger that has a revolutionary way to help us inspect the data? (don't answer it with ddd, or any other debugger that got fancy data display), what I mean is a new revolutionary way. I have only found one answer. It seems that Relative Debugging is quite neat and cool."

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  1. Polyheaded Debugger by N8F8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The technique I've found most effective is to run many simultaneous debugging sessions in parallel. My debugger of preference is a semi-autonomous intelligent agent that seeks out defects in a random fashion. I call this type of agent a "user".

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    "God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
  2. Re:Hey, nice ad! by moexu · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." -- Martin Golding

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    "Seek first to understand." - Socrates