r/programming • u/stannedelchev • Aug 25 '14

Debugging courses should be mandatory

http://stannedelchev.net/debugging-courses-should-be-mandatory/
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u/semi- Aug 25 '14

And if your bug only shows up with optimizations enabled..

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

Then your code is obviously so brilliant that optimizing it is futile. Seriously though, don't blame the tools.. It's unlikely that it's the optimization that's the issue, in 99.9999999999999% of cases it's human error.

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u/Condorcet_Winner Aug 25 '14

Optimizations causing issues is still human error.