On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Tony Pelton wrote:
i started to write a rather lengthy reply to this note, and realized i was starting to rant. so i'm gonna shorten my reply up quite a bit. i'm a java web app programmer by trade. i use Pascal for fun stuff. up until a couple of years ago, i went through a series of companies where i couldn't escape the _nightmare_ of unit testing mantra, being forced down the development teams throat ... _usually_ with a whole helping of other ridicoulous development "paradigms" freshly read by the manager right out of "CIO" magazine.
Your story is an example of how a 'good' technology can be ruined by applying it too much or in an inappropriate way. Alas, this happens too often when people who actually don't have a clue start dicating the rules. But that doesn't mean this technology is bad. FPC uses a testsuite (not based on FPCunit) to test the compiler. And luckily so, because this has helped the compiler team to eliminate bugs on many an occasion. As in all things: use the right tools for the right job, and with moderation. I personally wouldn't recommend using FPCunit in all cases. The purpose of the article is to show that it is present in FPC for those who want to use such a technology. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
