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by ollysb 9 days ago
Different tools for different cases. Debuggers are great for a snapshot in time but print statements are better for seeing the execution flow.
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As a profession we need to phase out point in time debuggers and replace them with reverse debuggers or "time travel" debuggers
I think PIT debuggers have their use especially with regards to altering state mid run, but this is the first time I've heard of reverse debugging and it seems incredibly useful, especially for multithreaded software I'm often debugging