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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> On 2/11/20 2:19 AM, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
> ...
>
>> The thing I have against unit tests is that, for me, writing tests
>> means I don't read the code as carefully. ...
>
> That makes just as much sense, for exactly the same reason, as "I don't
> like washing my hands because it means that I don't feel a need to avoid
> people who are coughing and sneezing, and then I end up catching their
> colds."

Whether the original statement is true or not, the analogy
is flawed.