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THE SAD STATE OF PROPERTY-BASED TESTING LIBRARIES

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Property-based testing is a technique that originated from academic research. It has seen widespread adoption in various programming languages. However, most current libraries lack advanced features like stateful and parallel testing, which were established as state-of-the-art fifteen years ago. This lack of progress is due to the perception that pure function testing is more valuable, the need for specialized training for stateful modeling, and the success of closed-source solutions in industry adoption.