"As soon as we started programming, we found out to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs." | ||
| -- Maurice Wilkes | ||
This essay comprises my thoughts on debugging and development process. I've gone out of my way to simplify it and take out a lot of the personal opinions I have so that's it's not overly ideological. Just keep that in mind while reading this chapter. It's less "fact" and more "best practices as I see them".