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On 02/12/2024 18:19, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 02.12.2024 15:44, Bart wrote:

> 
> If all you want is to _sequentially_ process each single error in
> a source file you don't need a test; all you need is to get the
> error message, to start the editor, edit, and reiterate the compile
> (to get the next error message, and so on). - Very time consuming.
> 
> But as soon as the errors are [all] fixed in a module... - what
> do you do with it? - ...you should test that what you've changed
> or implemented has been done correctly.
> 
> So edit/compile-iterating a single source is more time-consuming
> than fixing it in, let's call it, "batch-mode". And once it's
> error-free the compile times are negligible in the whole process.

I've struggled to find a suitable real-life analogy.

All I can suggest is that people have gone to some lengths to justify 
having a car that can only travel at 3 mph around town, rather then 30 
mph (ie 5 vs 50 kph).

Maybe their town is only a village, so the net difference is neglible. 
Or they rarely drive, or avoid doing so, another way to downplay the 
inconvenience of such slow wheels.

The fact is that driving at 3 mph on a clear road is incredibly 
frustrating even when you're not in a hurry to get anywhere!

>> Or are you suggesting that the scenario portrayed here:
>>
>>    https://xkcd.com/303/
>>
>> is a complete fantasy?
> 
> It is a comic. - So, yes, it's fantasy. It's worth a scribbling
> on a WC wall but not suited as a sensible base for discussions.

I would disagree. The reason those work is that people can identify with 
them from their own experience, even if exaggerated for comic effect.

Otherwise no would get them.