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Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
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In the good old days physicists repeated each other's experiments, just to be sure. Today they stick to FORTRAN, so that they can share each other's programs, bugs included.
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If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging, they should not introduce the bugs to start with.
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Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but it is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
May 11, 1930
Died:
August 6, 2002
(aged 72)
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