From: Greg Bacon Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 04:23:43 +0000 (+1200) Subject: cool quote for perldebug X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=26f28346883474bb3e28ea6c2c3205eb54147457;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git cool quote for perldebug A by-product of #perl discussion [sic]. Take it or leave it. p5p-msgid: 199707292140.QAA28579@adtrn-srv4.adtran.com --- diff --git a/pod/perldebug.pod b/pod/perldebug.pod index 1b206fb..7d8d84f 100644 --- a/pod/perldebug.pod +++ b/pod/perldebug.pod @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ First of all, have you tried using the B<-w> switch? =head1 The Perl Debugger +"As soon as we started programming, we found 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, 1949 + If you invoke Perl with the B<-d> switch, your script runs under the Perl source debugger. This works like an interactive Perl environment, prompting for debugger commands that let you examine