From: ThoML Date: 2008-04-30T01:45:04+09:00 Subject: Re: How to debug Ruby Programs > This is enough of a reason to choose ruby over python, IMO. This thread is just about to begin to get funny. You could add identifying comments on the right side, I suppose (assuming the debug log lines are one-liners). Using a tracer function would be another possibility. Printing a backtrace from the Exception object often helps too. It's a pity ruby -rdebug doesn't seem functional with ruby 1.9.