Help a C++ coder see the light

[holger krekel]

Brandon Van Every wrote:
> holger krekel wrote:
> > With C++ & Java i never really
> > cared that much for fine-grained tests.  It was just to
> > painful
> 
> I write such tests in C++ all the time.  What's the big deal?  How are you
> going to know your 3D graphics math is correct unless you actually display
> it on the screen and take a look-see?  Sure, my coding progress is slow.

That's it, i guess.  Of course you can write tests in any language 
but some make it easy and fast and others make it tiresome. 

> But it's also bug-free.  

That's a bold statement which even brilliant programmers tend to avoid.

> That's the fully loaded cost of development: you
> can either pay less now or more later.  I agree that testing is what people
> need to do, but it's a totally language-neutral solution.

Theoretically, yes.  Practically, development time does matter. 

    holger