Quote: use assertions to fail fast; identifies difficult to detect and diagnose bugs; do not hide problems

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there's a simple technique that will dramatically reduce … [difficult to detect and diagnose] bugs in your software. It won't reduce the overall number … The technique is to build your software to … Some people recommend making your software robust by … after an error but fails in strange ways … fails immediately and visibly. … [p. 22] Assertions are the key to failing fast …   Google-1   Google-2

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