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0 pointsjustthistime_10y ago0 comments

Yeah, inventing an API and implementation of a date/time/calendar library from scratch without an existing spec, implementation, tests or experience will surely be totally bug-free.

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lomnakkus10y ago· 2 in thread

I'm not sure why you're being sarcastic.

I'm not saying it'll be bug-free. My point is that it'll have exactly the same bugs on either platform. This may be preferable to having different bugs on different platforms.

justthistime_OP10y ago

Same bugs on different platforms are extremely hard to find.

Different bugs on different platforms are like an early Christmas present:

You don't even need to write tests which include your "expectations" of the result anymore.

Just call the code with randomized inputs for both platforms, and if there is a difference, you found a bug.

lomnakkus10y ago

That's a good point. As a (shim) library developer I think I might agree -- because it would perhaps be easier to find bugs in my library -- as an application developer I wouldn't because I would have to find different workarounds for different bugs.

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