Edsger W. Dijkstra Quote

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!


Dijkstra (1970) "Notes On Structured Programming" (EWD249), Section 3 ("On The Reliability of Mechanisms"), corollary at the end.


Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!