[TIP] testing: why bother?

[C. Titus Brown]

> It's interesting because synthetic controlled experiments on "large  
> scale software practises" are inevitable flawed. An empirical large  
> scale study seems like the best (only?) way to gather data on the topic.

Oh, agreed, agreed.  And there have been a few empircal studies, but with (I
gather) equivocal results when all the evidence is compiled.  I'll try to
send out a link tonight.

--t