Re: OT - Rant on State of S/w Engr (was Re: Buffer Overruns)

[Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () cospo osis gov>]

Gerald Weinberg, author of "The Psychology of Computer Programming"
[recommended!], said it best a quarter of a century ago.

"If we built buildings the way we write programs, the first woodpecker
to come along would destroy civilization."

;-)

[ Seen more recently in unattributed form.  ;-( ]

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Joe Yao                         jsdy () cospo osis gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support                                     EMT-B
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