From: Anthony E. <me...@an...> - 2002-02-17 16:03:31
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<snip> > >That's why I love open source. ;-) Another thing to > consider: a good > >development cycle includes testing. Thus, your testing > should locate > >problems before going into production and you should be > testing whether > >or not you compile, right? So is the compiling still a > necessary step? > > Debugging other people's code is not my idea of fun, open source > notwithstanding. Really...I find it to be just a barrel of laughs. ;-) > > Compilers check static correctness, testing checks dynamic > (behavioral) correctness. You need both. If you can prove behavioral correctness aren't you proving static correctness at the same time? I mean, in the end it has to be statically correct to work, right? Sincerely, Anthony Eden |