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> Working with a team on industrial projects… What process was used to manage Smalltalk source code?

• Rochus 4y ago
  > Rather than simply trust, wouldn't we test? How do you test for dead code?
  • igouy 4y ago
    Seems like you don't wish to say what process was used to manage Smalltalk source code on the project you describe as a "nightmare"? Oh well.
    • Rochus 4y ago
      Why should I answer your questions when you only question everything I say anyway and do not answer my questions? If you understood why the absence of dead code cannot be detected by testing, and that there is no algorithm that can identify all dead code reliably and in finite time in a dynamic language like Smalltalk, your questions and implications would become pointless, since you then would understand why you never can be completely sure indeed; and that's all there is to it.
      • igouy 4y ago
        ( cont. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32028998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32028998 )