> > It's really maddening to write 50,000 lines of code, eventually get it > to compile, run it, and have the program lock up and start consuming so > much virtual memory that the entire PC becomes unstable within seconds.
(This isn't helped by the fact that Ctrl+C doesn't seem to make either > GHCi or GHC-compiled programs halt...) Now you have 50,000 lines of > otherwise untested code, and there's a bug within it *somewhere*... good > luck. Well, this is why you should test your program in bits and pieces before you get to that point. Writing 50,000 LOC before you even run your first test is a horrible idea in any programming language. -Brent
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