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		andy9775 on March 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program... Similar idea but what if you were to write your tests first and then upload them to a site that pieces together the required modules to pass them and generates an API against the modules.

PeCaN on March 24, 2016 [–]

Because finding code that passes arbitrary tests is undecidable in the general case.

(Same reason the pseudo-Idris language would have to be non-Turing-complete)

andy9775 on March 24, 2016 | [–]

I was joking clearly. Thought the ridiculousness of the idea make that clear.

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