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The goal of automation

William Pietri, on an Extreme Programming Mailing list:

You know how word processors do that red squiggle thing when you
spell a word wrong? I want it so that my IDE does that every
time I make a mistake. But not just a spelling mistake. Every
time I type, I want my IDE to spin off a parallel universe, ship
the product to several hundred thousand users, carefully collect
and tabulate their opinions, and see if what I type is a net
improvement. If not, then the word turns red, with a helpful
little popup, "Warning! Will cause confusion in some
grandmothers, resulting in lost emails to grandchildren.
Increase font size by 2 points."

June 6, 2003 11:28 AM | TrackBack

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The SIMS, Extreme QA edition?

Comment by: Michael Croft June 6,2003
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