[FRIAM] Meanwhile, back on the troll farms

[Marcus Daniels]

Uh huh, this is what the troll people are after.  Having one side of the conversation, their side, instead of a broader conversation about how to best ensure code is correct.   It’s just a wedge they can use to claim authority on something while also scoping the terms of the debate.

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 2:21 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Meanwhile, back on the troll farms

I was working on a large software project at CMU and when I implemented a new algorithm I would implement a couple of unit tests using the data I tested it with.  This would take about half an hour.  Then I forgot about them.  I got compliments for how useful they were in testing new releases of the system.
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On Thu, May 7, 2020, 3:15 PM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com<mailto:jonzingale at gmail.com>> wrote:
Marcus,

I object that, 'People that love unit tests love not understanding the problem
they are solving'. Some of us love unit tests and realize that the problem is
not solved by them.

Jon
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