== Quote from retard (r...@tard.com.invalid)'s article > Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:46:11 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: > > Leandro Lucarella wrote: > >> I really think the *only* *major* advantage of D over Python is speed. > >> That's it. > > > > I probably place a lot more importance on static verification rather > > than relying on convention and tons of unit tests. > In many places if you apply for a job, static verification is more or > less bullshit talk to their ears. Unit testing with large frameworks is > the way to go. You even have lots of new paradigms to learn, e.g. TDD, > BDD, ...
My biggest gripe about static verification is that it can't help you at all with high-level logic/algorithmic errors, only lower level coding errors. Good unit tests (and good asserts), on the other hand, are invaluable for finding and debugging high-level logic and algorithmic errors.
