[papaf]

When I code without a debugger I tend to write smaller, easier testable code because I lack a real way to step through a convoluted process. I feel this encourages a simpler application (but I have no study to prove that).

I was talking to a programmer who used to have to hand in punch cards and wait a day to get results. He said people tended to get it right first time in those days.

[roguecoder]

I suspect they've just blacked out the pain of the times they didn't.