More failing tests could be written for those pieces of code until a reasonable specification begins to take shape.

可以为那些代码片段编写更多的失败测试，直到一个合理的规范开始成形。

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XSL took this task and built a specification upon it, enabling applications to ditch all of their proprietary transformation code.

XSL完成此任务，并在其上构建规范，从而允许应用程序抛弃其所有的专用转换代码。

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The fundamental challenge of teams working collaboratively on any type of specification, regardless of whether it is a set of documents, a set of models, or a code base. is this: controlling change.

在不考虑规范是一组文档、一组模型、还是一个代码库的情况下，对协作工作在任何类型规范的团队来说，最根本的挑战就是：控制变化。

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And notice, by the way, if I do that, and I type sqrt and open the paren, ah-ha! It shows me what the creator, in this case actually I stole this from John so what Professor Guttag put up as his specification for this piece of code.

它需要什么养的输入和其它我想传达的信息，如果我这么做了，我将会到这里打上sqrt并且加上括号，啊哈！这里告诉我这段程序的创建者,事实上这是我是从约翰那里偷来的,所以也就是Guttag教授在它的。

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