A longstanding GnuTLS certificate validation botch
A longstanding GnuTLS certificate validation botch
Posted Mar 12, 2014 17:50 UTC (Wed) by ms-tg (subscriber, #89231)In reply to: A longstanding GnuTLS certificate validation botch by nybble41
Parent article: A longstanding GnuTLS certificate validation botch
> to any language, even C, my point was that the proper
> choice of language can significantly reduce the testing
> burden
Considering the *vast* quantity of C language code that makes up the modern software stack which was developed outside the culture of unit testing, can't I please persuade you (and others reading, perhaps) that by putting your language suggestions on a separate track, the community might optimize its efforts to introduce test coverage the vast bulk of our linux software?
For example, I suspect that the reason "C culture" seems impervious to adopting the lessons of test-driven development has a lot to do with the masses of developers who are interested in it, by following your advice, are moving to other languages and practicing it there.
In other words, by complecting the issue of unit testing and test coverage with the choice of language, are we not actively *contributing* to the continuing absence of these ideas from C culture, and thus from the bulk of our existing systems?
Food for thought, at least, I hope!
