I'm not dismissing the practice, nor am I opposed to TDD. But your experience and mine are very different if you haven't encountered TDD zealots. In fact, as

I'm not dismissing the practice, nor am I opposed to TDD. But your experience and mine are very different if you haven't encountered TDD zealots. In fact, as much as I hate to say it, I think zealotry is the hallmark of the TDD community, such as it is.