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nimblegorilla on April 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: TDD is dead. Long live testing.

> In Ruby, unit tests stand in place of static compiler checks

I think you have it backwards. Non-ruby developers often use static compiler checks as a replacement for proper unit tests.

pkolaczk on April 28, 2014 [–]

Static compiler checks are free, while unit-tests cost initial effort and later maintenance.

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