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Subject: Re: Do you compile production programs for debug?
From: Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:14:15 -0400
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Of course, my perspective comes from working in the financial industry in
very large shops where managers/supervisors are competent enough to use
debug. So, there's that.

- Dan

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There are security considerations. Imagine a malicious programmer
debugging the Accounts Payable check program:

Why would a programmer have that level of access to a production system?
Personally, I would address that before I'd worry about leaving debug in
production apps.

- Dan

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