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by whatever1 1202 days ago
Debugging is the one reason I tolerate interpreted languages.

The fact that you can pause execution and start writing commands to execute on the fly in the debug console is VERY POWERFUL.
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quelsolaar 1202 days ago
As a C developer, I REALY want a interpreted C compiler with a crazy good debugger for this reason. On average I think C has really good debuggers (its a simple language that has been around for a long time) but there is so much more one could do. A few years ago i wrote a prototype called OPA, with some cool potential features. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvkn9Xz-xks
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cxr 1202 days ago
"Interpreted C?" (2019) <https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-May/017790.html>

"The ups Debugger" <https://ups.sourceforge.net/>

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lispm 1202 days ago
...and you don't need even 'interpreted languages' for that...
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