Re: Test first as specification

On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 20:56:18 +0100, "paul campbell"
<paulc@.o.b.je.ct.vis.sion.co.uk> wrote:

>There is a mapping of every programming language construct to assembler but
>that doesnt mean that it is desirable to code in assembler.
>During this mapping intent is lost. Intent is also lost in the conversion
>of
>specs to tests and the more abstract and conceptually dense the subject
>matter the more likely this is to happen.

I completely disagree. Specifications are highly detailed declarative
statements that do not include intent. Intent is always commentary.
The declarative statements of the spec are transformable into tests
without loss of intent, because there is no intent in those
statements.)



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