CompuServe Messages

I think one of the reasons they're absolutely necessary is when you're working with a massive amount of code, that many people have written. (Like an OS). Having complete control over a piece of code from beginning to end makes it easier to understand where things might be going wrong. Unfortunately, it isn't always possible. I suppose debugging someone else's disk driver or ethernet driver could be done without a debugger, but it would take a lot longer than I or my bosses would be willing to have me spend. 🙂 Steve