This quote is old and explain very well why early software was often high quality: > “Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy i

This quote is old and explain very well why early software was often high quality: > “Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.” ― Edward V. Berard The more you plan ahead and the less you change goals while writing software, the less problems you have. Software is the only field of engineering where you can change things at any point in time. But it doesn't mean you HAVE to change things. Software should really take lesson from other fields of engineering. Companies always want to cut costs, and with software, they really can.