Subj : Re: Not debugging? (was: How much should I charge for fixed-price ...) To : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp From : rpw3 Date : Thu Aug 25 2005 06:31 am Roedy Green wrote: +--------------- | Debugging is fun. Programs behave strangely. You get to perform | experiments, make hypotheses, and gradually track down the problem. It | is like an Ruth Rendell mystery novel. | | Debugging is far more entertaining than cranking out code that works | first time. I think people are sometimes unconsciously careless just | to gives themselves that challenge later. | | This may also be the root of why programmers are so reluctant to use | any sort of tools that accelerate, automate or check programming. +--------------- This is why Tom De Marco suggests that to make any progress on software quality one needs to change from talking about "bugs" to talking about "defects". "Bugs" are cute; "defects" are at best... embarrassing. -Rob ----- Rob Warnock 627 26th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94403 (650)572-2607 .