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Debugging
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Debugging

by David J. Agans
September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
3h 53m
English
AMACOM
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“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.”

—SHERLOCK HOLMES, SILVER BLAZE

War Story. I had some car trouble—it was so weird that I don’t even remember the exact details, but it was something like, whenever I put the car into reverse, the fuse for the brake lights would blow out. I’d gone through several fuses before I figured that much out, and on a whim I mentioned it to an associate of mine who was pretty familiar with car repair. Without hesitating, he said, “The dome light is pinching a wire against the frame of the car. If you open up the dome light, clear it and wrap some electrical tape around it, you’ll be fine.” I laughed; how could the dome light have anything to do with the ...

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ISBN: 9780814474570