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A comment on REPL-Driven Development (2017). Parent comment

Re:REPL-Driven Development (2017) by kimi on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @01:56AM (#16314837)
REPL are obviously a poor substitute for unit tests; but a unit test is a poor substitute for a REPL.
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Re:REPL-Driven Development (2017) by simonw on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:21AM (#16314888)
I happily use both. REPLs are for exploratory development. Unit tests are for ensuring code works (and continues to work in the future).
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