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		angersock on March 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll: Do you test your code? I've done this before, friend. Starting from scratch is indeed easier. The point I was making was that he used unit tests to confirm his design (as a safety net) and not as a primary design tool.

cheatercheater on March 16, 2012 [–]

Starting from scratch does not take into account all the growing pains the previous software hat that made it into the quagmire you have learned to hate.

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