From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-01-08T14:52:10+09:00
Subject: Re: STRONG dynamic typing favors tools..?

Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote:
> John Papas:
> 
>> What I really hate about dynamic languages is that, for example in
>> JavaScript if I misspell something there is no tool to find it and
>> no (deterministic) test locate this bug.
> 
> The idea behind unit testing is that they catch such things for you.
> Better yet, Test- (or Behaviour-) Driven Development means your code
> does what it’s asked to do, so it doesn’t really matter if there are
> any misspellings inside or not.

Ah, but then there's "heckle". Heckle inserts random bugs in your code,
and if your tests don't catch them, then the tests aren't sufficient. :)