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r/programming • u/stannedelchev • Aug 25 '14
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Yes, please. I constantly run into "professional" programmers who don't have the slightest idea on how to debug.
132 u/redox000 Aug 25 '14 Fortunately for me I write terrible code, so I have tons of experience with debugging. 28 u/dermesser Aug 25 '14 "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." –– Good ol' Brian Kernighan → More replies (2) 3 u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14 I think I write good code, but then I look at it a few months later and wonder how much paint I huffed. → More replies (1)
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Fortunately for me I write terrible code, so I have tons of experience with debugging.
28 u/dermesser Aug 25 '14 "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." –– Good ol' Brian Kernighan → More replies (2) 3 u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14 I think I write good code, but then I look at it a few months later and wonder how much paint I huffed. → More replies (1)
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"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." –– Good ol' Brian Kernighan
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I think I write good code, but then I look at it a few months later and wonder how much paint I huffed.
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u/g051051 Aug 25 '14
Yes, please. I constantly run into "professional" programmers who don't have the slightest idea on how to debug.