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I have been troubleshooting this script for weeks and finally found it was trying to divide by zero.

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[โ€“] elouboub@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Makes me think of devs who debug with print statements instead of a debugger and breakpoints.

[โ€“] Fabiozeh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, Kernighan himself said "The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements."

If it was good enough for him...