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“Perfect reusable components are not obtained at the first shot.”

Quote by Bertrand Meyer

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Bertrand Meyer is a renowned computer scientist and author, known for his contributions to the field of software engineering. Born on November 21, 1950, he is the creator of the Eiffel programming language and has conducted extensive research in software design, programming languages, and system architecture. more

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