Absolutely agree that it can. For cases like you mention, where it's convenient to be able to rapidly test the outcome of a piece of code, it can be orders of m

Absolutely agree that it can. For cases like you mention, where it's convenient to be able to rapidly test the outcome of a piece of code, it can be orders of magnitude faster and you have a greater confidence in the end result. On average though, it takes longer (as summarised in the article).