On Dec 30, 2007, at 9:38 PM, Jay Levitt wrote: >>> Incidentally, how well-tested was that code base? 200 lines of copy- >> and-paste smells like untested code to me. > > 15-20 years ago, unit tests were not a widespread industry practice :) > This code's in a procedural language that really, really doesn't do > unit tests well. I've been trying, too. Almost wrote a pre- > processor, > till I thought about the maintenance nightmare that'd cause.
Right, that's why I ask. I think working with languages, tools, and frameworks that are easier to test is a great advantage to how we all worked 10 or more years ago ... I suspect part of that luxury translates in being able to actually design _less_, since the cost of fixing our design mistakes in the future goes down significantly. Francis Hwang http://fhwang.net/ _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
