Chipping the web: November 8th
November 8th, 2009 3:00:06 pm pst by 
Sterling Camden
- Debugging: It’s all about finding Albuquerque.
… before you end up in the Sahara.
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I'm not a cat person, but this put a lump in my throat.
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For some reason, this makes me think of Microsoft Windows.
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FWIW, some observations from the previous century :-
At Siemens, we found that Fagan Inspections would catch some 75%+ of the requirements errors. Assertions can catch about 30% of the coding errors (the Microsoft study quoted confirms this). BTW, Coding should, but does not always, follow the requirements specification phase
Curiously, there was little use of assertions in design documents until requirements-satisfaction tracking was introduced.
The largest variation factor was the individual doing the programming. Training, techniques and tools helped the worst – of course – much more than the best.
Statistically, in (C and Asm) coding, pointers were the most dangerous constructs.
That all rings true to my experience, especially that the individual is the most significant factor.
Since I can’t comment at Just Shelley, I’ll say it here.
I remember when we had to put down our 15 year old cat, Tiffany. I know exactly how Shelley feels and my condolences to her and her roommate.
I don’t know why Shelley has comments closed on this one, perhaps it’s too heavy a topic for conversation. Wishing her all the best.
Definitely.