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Re:Unit testing is not (generally) useful by axod on Thursday February 05, 2009 @06:30PM (#468980)
How many people are writing mission critical software? In startups, hardly any.
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Re:Unit testing is not (generally) useful by lnguyen on Thursday February 05, 2009 @08:29PM (#469170)
If you rely on your software to be up and running for your livelihood (aka any web startup), it is mission critical.
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Re:Unit testing is not (generally) useful by axod on Friday February 06, 2009 @06:43AM (#469626)
I disagree completely. A failure might mean you loose a bit of ad revenue, or maybe a customer.

The consequences of a bug are usually very small. It's also very obvious if a bug is causing you pain.

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