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Re: netlink tester program

To: "John S. Denker" <jsd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: netlink tester program
From: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 20:37:08 -0700
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, rddunlap@xxxxxxxx, linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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John S. Denker wrote:

Similarly, writing code _and_ documetation is about
twice as expensive as writing the code alone.  But
the redundancy makes it possible to achieve much
greater reliability.  Also maintainability and
extensibility.

Excellent points. The developement process needs to address communities other than the folk writing the code ... like the people who inherit that code, and the ones trying to use it. (Testing being a rather specialize type of "use".)

- Dave



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