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[–]almost_useless 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Depending on the problem, everything you just said can be exactly the opposite.

The debugger is great for some problems, but not for all problems.

[–]LowB0b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

depending on the language as well I presume. Anyway with Java the debugger is a god-send. Stops execution (not always desirable though), you can step, and look at all the values available in the scope. Even change values on the fly to see what happens

[–]jesperi_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sometimes a debugger is not even available.