zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (04/16/91)
In article <4929@orchid3.UUCP> king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King) writes: >Here's to hoping he [Jack Radigan] found the last bug [in JRcomm]! Rule #1 of software development for non-trivial projects: There is ALWAYS one more bug. Corollary #1 to Rule #1: Finishing a non-trivial project takes three times longer than what you expected. Note: Rule #1 is the 345th corollary of Murphy's Law. Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.
jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) (04/18/91)
zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes: >Rule #1 of software development for non-trivial projects: >There is ALWAYS one more bug. Yes, and when the program is completely debugged it will be obsolete. >Corollary #1 to Rule #1: >Finishing a non-trivial project takes three times longer than what >you expected. Stated another way; 90% of the time is spent working on 10% of the code, which does 90% of the work... >Note: Rule #1 is the 345th corollary of Murphy's Law. -jack-