> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2026 at 6:58 PM > From: [email protected] > To: "Christopher Dimech" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], "Jean Louis" <[email protected]>, "David Masterson" > <[email protected]>, "Ihor Radchenko" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [emacs-tangents] Literate LLM programming? [Re: Is org-mode > accepting AI-assisted babel ob- code updates?] > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 01:33:19AM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > [...] > > > He considers his tests exhaustive - sufficient to confirm code presence and > > modifiability without needing functional details. If tests pass, he trusts > > the design; if issues arise, he investigates. "Exhaustive" means the > > designer > > confidently believes no experiential edge cases were missed. > > Exhaustive: Including every possible element: fully [1]
Exhaustive testing never covers every possibility—not in engineering. Analysis targets practical realities, ignoring inconsequential failures. Engineering stays pragmatic, never academic. > C'mon. If you're going to make up your "alternative language" go ahead, > but don't expect us others to play with you. > > Cheers > > [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exhaustive > -- > tomás > --- via emacs-tangents mailing list (https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-tangents)
