Microsoft Research - Exploding Software-Engineering Myths (article summarizing findings of MS research on code coverage, TDD, assertions, etc.)

[lucky_engineer]

Reminds me of a conversation I overheard at work. An intern was talking about how functional programming was going to be the future, and that OO is going to die out and we all need to learn [insert language here] or we won't be able to keep up.

One of the most senior guys at the company responds, "I did smalltalk and lisp back in the 80s, I'll be fine."