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“With software products, it is usual to find that the software has major `bugs' and does not work reliably for some users... The lay public, familiar with only a few incidents of software failure, may regard them as exceptions caused by exceptionally inept programmers. Those of us who are software professionals know better; the most competent programmers in the world cannot avoid such problems.”

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David Parnas
David Parnas

David Parnas is a prominent scholar in the field of computer science, born on February 10, 1941. His specific career category is unknown. more

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