From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-11-03T08:17:33+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby programming best practice

On Nov 2, 2006, at 4:27 PM, David Vallner wrote:

> Richard Conroy wrote:
>> On 11/1/06, Shannon Fang <xrfang@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Experts, please tell us, your best practice, facing this "intrinsic"
>>> problem
>>> of dynamic languages...
>>
>> Use Unit Tests.
>>
>> With automated unit testing, the benefits of static typing, bounds
>> checking,
>> null checking etc. start to disappear, as you typically write  
>> tests for
>> these
>> scenarios anyway.
>>
>
> <rant> <!-- Hide the women and children. -->
>
> The benefits disappear as you reimplement them in test cases anyway?
> Insert comment about wheel reinvention here.

I quit reading right here.

It's *not* reimplementation!

You need to be testing your software anyway, even if you are using  
the perfect language that protects you from all your errors.  Since  
you're doing that anyway, this is just a free side effect for your  
good habits.

James Edward Gray II