Programmers can give you good error bounds. Ask what the best and worst case is for solving a problem, and 80% of the time they will be within those bounds. Th

Programmers can give you good error bounds. Ask what the best and worst case is for solving a problem, and 80% of the time they will be within those bounds. The problem is that management doesn't want to hear about the worst case, because it looks bad for them politically.