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- Submitted-by: jeffrey@netcom.com (Jeffrey Kegler)
-
- Based on the headers, I have to assume Bob Bagwill's response was
- to my posting. I could not have determined this from the message
- body, because it does not address any issue which I addressed.
-
- Bob Bagwill makes the point that test suites are A Good Thing.
- I agree with this, and find his arguments solid.
-
- My posting argued that test method *STANDARDIZATION* is harmful.
- Bob doesn't address this issue at all.
-
- Perhaps being assumed, without explicit statement, is this:
- "Test Suites are Good, Standards are Good, therefore Test Method
- Standards must be Good." It's one of those assumptions which
- doesn't survive explicit statement very well. It's more a leap
- of faith, than a chain of argument. I accept both premises,
- but find the conclusion totally without foundation. Test Method
- Standards require their own separate justification, and I feel
- it unlikely that one can be supplied.
-
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- Jeffrey Kegler, Independent UNIX Consultant, Algorists, Inc.
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- Volume-Number: Volume 31, Number 10
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