> How is it possible that you have never used the debugger?

As always definition matters.

perl -de0 is more than just a debugger.

... it's also Perl's main REPL, it's pretty good for ad hoc testing and interactive demos.

I use it regularly for that.

Others even use it as a Perl Shell, because it's very customizable.

Personally I almost never use it for debugging my own code ( i.e. Breakpoints, Watch-expressions, etc), because I have a unit-test mixed with debug output strategy (mostly Data::Dump 's dd and pp)

But it is very valuable when analyzing monolithic foreign code (e.g. B::Deparse)

Now perl -de0 is commonly known as "The Debugger" , which is causing reactions.

Unfortunately "people with strong opinions" here have a Pavlov reflex to demonstrate their ignorance.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^4: Can someone please write a *working* JSON module (Perl's Debugger) by LanX
in thread Can someone please write a *working* JSON module by cnd

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