Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS for Linux | Date | Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:47:17 +0200 |
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Mike Jagdis wrote: > I disagree. No one here is dumb enough to use a wholely inappropriate > tool for a particular task. But using a debugger is often (but not > always) like sawing bits off your 2x4 until it happens to fit the > gap. What you need to do is to understand the problem parameters, > measure them, mark your 2x4, then cut using whatever tool is best > suited to the job. In woodwork the results tend to be superior :-)
Yes, you've put your finger on it. When you take a power saw and try to use it like a chisel, it doesn't work very well. If you are philosophically opposed to power saws, you may pick one up, try to use it as a chisel, and then claim that it is a very poor tool.
This is what is happening here. The proponents of the 'withhold the power tools' camp have fixated on the idea of using a debugger to chisel away at a problem. This is a poor way to use a debugger. Instead, use the debugger to cut a large problem space into small pieces - pieces that are too small for a bug to hide in. Use the debugger as a power saw, not as a chisel, and you will have more respect for its capabilities.
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