The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with
judiciously placed print statements.
-- Brian Kernighan [1978]
judiciously placed print statements.
-- Brian Kernighan [1978]
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- Do not underestimate the value of print statements for debugging.
Don't have aesthetic convulsions when using them, either... - K&R [Kernighan and Ritchie] n.
Brian Kernighan and Dennis
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esp. the classic and influential first edition (Prentice... - K&R: [Kernighan and Ritchie] n. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's
book "The C Programming Language",
esp. the classic and influential first edition (Prentice... - The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.
Brian... - Pascal n.
An Algol-descended language designed by
Niklaus Wirth on the CDC 6600 around 1967-68 as an instructional
tool for elementary programming.
This language, designed primarily to keep students... - Quote #621
If you're as clever as you can be when you write it,
how will you ever debug it? -- Brian... - 16-inch rotary debugger:
A highly effective tool for locating problems
in computer software.
Available for delivery in most major metropolitan... - The most effective answer to an insult is
silence...
