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I think it is fairer to say that tests can specify a system but not to the extent that you personally want to.

• colanderman 13y ago
  I don't know; I'd be wary of working with any architect who handed me a list of test cases as a specification. What if he/she left out important edge cases, which I extrapolate incorrectly? How am I to infer that the absence of a test case means "not specified" vs. "specified to be the extrapolation of other test cases"? That's kind of like saying that a coder who can only write pseudocode can code a system, but not to the extent that I personally want him/her to.
  • davidw 13y ago
    I'd be wary of comparing programming to architecture.
  • farginay 13y ago
    Be wary of an architect who hands you anything and tells you to implement it. Real architects talk to you and sit down and write code with you.