[unclebobmartin]

With regard to Dalke's complaints, I participated in that thread a bit; but others were doing a better job than I so I walked away. In short, Dalke's complaints were the complaints of someone who had little or no experience with TDD; and so weren't really significant complaints. Profit's paper complained more about the experimental procedure of Phil Hack's paper in support of TDD, than about TDD itself.

The reference to a "silver bullet" is a straw man. TDD is not a silver bullet. TDD doesn't keep you from screwing up. TDD will not guarantee success. But adopting and following the discipline of TDD can be remarkably beneficial, and shift the odds more towards success.