Assertions in production code on Reddit

[Walter Bright]

On 8/31/2018 1:19 PM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> (IF the 
> programmer in question even has the expertise to implement such a system 
> correctly anyway - and most don't).

The closer you can get to the ideal, the better. It's not all or nothing.

I'll have done my job if people would just quit justifying sticking their 
fingers in their ears and shouting lalalalalalalalal when a bug is detected.

Don't you find it terrifying that nobody has even written a book on the topic?