That didn't work. Well they couldn't figure out what was wrong. And they spent a long time trying to debug the program.

调试这个程序,那时候当然不叫调试了,然后他们发现了问题。

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And a large part of being a good programmer, or learning to be a good programmer, is learning how to debug. And it's one of these things where it's harder.

没人能凭本能做好它，如果你相当一名优秀的程序员，或者想通过学习成为一名优秀的程序员,很重要的一部分就是学习怎么去调试。

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And that's because it's easier to test small things than big things. And it's easier to debug small things than big things.

这是因为对小一点的对象,进行测试比对大一点的对象进行测,试要简单多了，调试也是如此。

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And you can use it to debug other complex systems. So for example, a laboratory experience.

你会发现这是一个通用的技能,你可以用它来调试。

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