- To: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Paying Money for Quality (and software testing)
- From: Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+slug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:46:01 +1000
- Organization: Erik Conspiracy Secret Labs
- Reply-by: Fri Mar 4 18:43:51 EST 2000
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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