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From: AndyW
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:42

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On 22/02/2018 09:51, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:39:59 +0000, AndyW wrote:
> 
>> On 22/02/2018 07:54, Charles Richmond wrote:
>>
>>> Debugging can be challenging, but *not* as repugnant and off-putting as
>>> cutting up a human body IMO.  Some few actually enjoy debugging... I've
>>> not been in that rare company myself.
>>
>> I have to admit that I find debugging more satisfying than coding. I
>> used to gear my coding towards debugging with accessible variables,
>> clear structure etc. I was always later than my colleagues finishing the
>> coding but usually I was one of the first to complete debuggung and
>> testing.
> 
> I once saw a theory that programmers are carelewss with code because they
> secretly enjoy the challenge of debugging!
> 
> Python? Try assembly language - or, if you are old enough to remember
> BCPL, that's a language where you can store the address of some code in a
> label and GOTO somewhere completely different...
> 
> 
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