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Don’t look down on print debugging


Print good, not bad!

I'll grant some of these articles try to get you to adopt some library that introduces a smarter print which adds debugging output. “The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.” — Brian Kernighan, “Unix for Beginners” (1979) I'm just saying that we should reflect deeply on why print debugging is so popular, beyond mere convenience, and incorporate those lessons into new tools.

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