[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[David Froble]

ChrisQ wrote:
> On 08/21/12 15:10, ChrisQ wrote:
>> On 08/21/12 14:57, Paul Sture wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> When I was working with COBOL or FORTRAN on VMS, I only resorted to the
>>> debugger very rarely - I could usually debug stuff by looking at the
>>> source code. In fact the last times I recall using the VMS debugger with
>>> either of those languages were when I suspected a compiler bug or a 
>>> third
>>> party library routine.
>>
> 
> and just to add: Yes,  code inspection really is the best debugger. If it's
> not obvious from that how the code is working, then it's probably badly
> designed anyway...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris

I've found debuggers to be quite useful.  Many times they have pointed out 
something that was right in front of my nose, and I didn't see it.  Great harm 
to the ego.

But yeah, you really need to understand the code.