- ben ef it ▁impact ▁assess ment , ▁then ▁bro ader ▁debugging ▁techniques ▁will ▁expand ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁anom al ies ▁( how ▁often ▁the ▁same ▁" bug s " ▁occur ) ▁to ▁help ▁assess ▁their ▁impact ▁to ▁the ▁overall ▁system . ▁ ▁Tools ▁ ▁Debug ging ▁ranges ▁in ▁complexity ▁from ▁fixing ▁simple ▁errors ▁to ▁performing ▁length y ▁and ▁t ires ome ▁tasks ▁of ▁data ▁collection , ▁analysis , ▁and ▁sched uling ▁updates . ▁The ▁debugging ▁skill ▁of ▁the ▁programmer ▁can ▁be ▁a ▁major ▁factor ▁in ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁debug ▁a ▁problem , ▁but ▁the ▁difficulty ▁of ▁software ▁debugging ▁var ies ▁greatly ▁with ▁the ▁complexity ▁of ▁the ▁system , ▁and ▁also ▁depends , ▁to ▁some ▁extent , ▁on ▁the ▁programming ▁language ( s ) ▁used ▁and ▁the ▁available ▁tools , ▁such ▁as ▁debug gers . ▁Debug gers ▁are ▁software ▁tools ▁which ▁enable ▁the ▁programmer ▁to ▁monitor ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁a ▁program , ▁stop ▁it , ▁restart ▁it , ▁set ▁break points , ▁and ▁change ▁values ▁in ▁memory . ▁The ▁term ▁debugger ▁can ▁also ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁person ▁who ▁is ▁doing ▁the ▁debugging . ▁ ▁Gener ally , ▁high - level ▁programming ▁languages , ▁such ▁as ▁Java , ▁make ▁debugging ▁easier , ▁because ▁they ▁have ▁features ▁such ▁as ▁exception ▁handling ▁and ▁type ▁checking ▁that ▁make ▁real ▁sources ▁of ▁err atic ▁behaviour ▁easier ▁to ▁spot . ▁In ▁programming ▁languages ▁such ▁as ▁C ▁or ▁assembly , ▁bugs ▁may ▁cause ▁silent ▁problems ▁such ▁as ▁memory ▁cor ruption , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁often ▁difficult ▁to ▁see