Wayne Werner <waynejwer...@gmail.com> dixit: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>wrote: > > > > > Remember, in testing you are not trying to prove it works but rather to > > demonstrate that it doesn't! > > > > So in that way it's a bit like the the scientific method (or exactly like)? > You create a hypothesis and design tests to invalidate your hypothesis... > and if they fail to invalidate you may have a valid hypothesis. Simply > replace hypothesis with program and you get the testing procedure? > > -Wayne > >
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