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		scott_s on Feb 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Don't Schools Teach Debugging? Print statements for debugging is not necessarily a bad thing: http://www.scott-a-s.com/traces-vs-snapshots/

henrik_w on Feb 11, 2014 [–]

Agreed! In the same vein, I recently wrote about both debugging vs logging [1] and about session-based logging [2].

[1] http://henrikwarne.com/2014/01/01/finding-bugs-debugger-vers...

[2] http://henrikwarne.com/2014/01/21/session-based-logging/

scott_s on Feb 11, 2014 | [–]

Neat, we hit on many of the same points.

henrik_w on Feb 11, 2014 | | [–]

Yep!

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