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“When someone builds a bridge, he uses engineers who have been certified as knowi…” — Dave Parnas

When someone builds a bridge, he uses engineers who have been certified as knowing what they are doing. Yet when someone builds you a software program, he has no similar certification, even though your safety may be just as dependent upon that software working as it is upon the bridge supporting your weight.
Dave Parnas
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