On Jan 20, 2006, at 12:00 AM, Larry Clapp wrote: > On 2006-01-19, Marco Antoniotti > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Gary King wrote: >>> SUnit == Smalltalk Unit ==> Java Unit == JUnit. I believe SUnit was >>> the Kent Beck's first unit testing framework. >> >> Ok. But then I fail to see wheter this is relevant too as a >> "defining" feature. After all RT predates SUnit stuff. > > If someone knows xUnit (and people interested in testing packages > probably will[1]) then they can probably pick up xlunit or some other > xUnit descendent pretty quickly. When they're ready for the > (arguably?) more powerful or more Lispy packages, they'll know where > to look. :) > > -- L > > [1] I have no proof for this assertion, only the observation that Java > currently appears more popular than Lisp, and JUnit appears (to me) as > the clear leader of Java testing frameworks.
Yes. But also the opposite may happen. "This is not xUnit based, hence is less modern/powerful/etc/etc". I am sorry to be such a PITA, but I am just trying to say that classifications should be neutral as much as possible. Cheers -- Marco Antoniotti http://bioinformatics.nyu.edu/~marcoxa NYU Courant Bioinformatics Group tel. +1 - 212 - 998 3488 715 Broadway 10th FL fax. +1 - 212 - 998 3484 New York, NY, 10003, U.S.A. _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
