** Attributes **

   name:   The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems", by David J. Agans

   location:   http://www.debuggingrules.com

** Summary **

** Excerpts **

   [http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0%2C4902%2C77375%2C0.html?nlid=APP%|%A Debugging Primer%|%]:   


** Discussion **
   
[AH] Just finished reading this book.  It starts off hilarious ("Hah! That
guy's an idiot, he broke every rule in this book.") and ends up painful ("Man,
'''I'm''' an idiot, '''I''' broke every rule in this book.").

I was reading this while taking a break from beating my head against the
nearest wall, trying to figure out why my purpose-built pure [Tcl] messaging
[middleware] occasionally triggered an infinite loop under heavy loads.  Ten
minutes after I started consciously applying the rules in his book, I found the
bug.  (I was also left with the conviction that my design was a piece of crap,
but that's another story.)
 
Short, an easy read, corny in parts, funny in others.  Definitely recommended.

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