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> A regime which finds all the defects would cost billions on its own, only one such piece of software has been subject to such a regime and that's the Space Sh
by tgflynn 7y ago
> A regime which finds all the defects would cost billions on its own, only one such piece of software has been subject to such a regime and that's the Space Shuttle guidance program.
Do you have a source for that claim ? I'm skeptical that even a testing process costing billions of dollars could claim to cover all possible inputs and states for a software system of any complexity.
- raisedbyninjas 7y agoThis describes not a testing regimen, but the entire development lifecycle. https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff
- tgflynn 7y agoIt's a very interesting article but "as perfect as human beings have achieved" != perfect