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Re: [SLUG] Paying Money for Quality (and software testing)


telford@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Erik:
> > It should also be easy to prove by now that either Rob or Peter
> > has written more code than you, or anyone you can name that swears
> > off test driven developement. We say that (as long as you ignore
> > genuine knockoffs with only one user) based on our experience, with
> > all other things being equal, test driven development costs less.
> 
> I find argument by authority

You quote that and call it argument by authority? I think you are
confusing your logical fallacies. At worst, the part you quoted
would be "argument from collective experience" which I have never 
heard of as being a logical fallacy.

> > PS : Was this a troll?
> 
> By the definition that anything that runs contrary to Erik's opinion
> is a troll, yes it was a troll. Someday hopefully you discover the
> wide world of alternative opinions.

Ooo, nice ad hominem!

Erik
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  Erik de Castro Lopo
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"C++ : You won't live long enough to learn it all from 
experience." -- Peter Miller (author of Aegis)