On 18Apr2008 08:22, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> assume i have a symbol-laden copy of the executable, and that all i >> want to do is, in real time, print variable contents as the process >> continues to run with no interference of the process itself. thanks >> muchly. > > That would violate the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. :-) Indeed. And that is why bugs that go away under debuggers and in the presence of debugging "print" statements are called "Heisenbugs". Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ B1FF is an archetype, and all you're showing us is one of the more amusing of his many instantiations. - Howard E. Motteler <motteler@xxxxxxxx> Ah, perhaps Arthur Clarke anticipated this in his celebrated short story, "The Nine Million Names Of B1FF"? - Nosy <ataylor@xxxxxxxx>
