Re: level argument for assert
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- Subject: Re: level argument for assert
- From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:15:49 -0200
> C.A.R. Hoare wrote that turning off asserts in the field is analogous
> to taking the lifeboats off a cruise ship before it sets sail on the
> open ocean.
In my view, an assertion is more like a mechanism to explode the ship if
it starts to sink, but I digress...
-- Roberto