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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: netlink tester program
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 20:37:08 -0700
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John S. Denker wrote:

> Similarly, writing code _and_ documetation is about
> twice as expensive as writing the code alone.  But
> the redundancy makes it possible to achieve much
> greater reliability.  Also maintainability and
> extensibility.

Excellent points.  The developement process needs
to address communities other than the folk writing
the code ... like the people who inherit that code,
and the ones trying to use it.  (Testing being a
rather specialize type of "use".)

- Dave