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checkpoints are regression tests against past failures. Without them, somebody else is handling those failures

• TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
  Fossilised procedures are tests against failures which either happened a long time ago or which someone decided might happen. Neither may apply today.
  • Werewolf255 5y ago
    'Neither may apply today' is quite the phrase. I mean asbestos used to cause mesothelioma and be highly regulated, but neither may apply today.
    • SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
      I'm pretty sure that asbestos still causes mesothelioma and that's unlikely to change. And where I am, it is still quite regulated, as we had a property inspected for it, because it is still found in older buildings.