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     But incentivize finding bugs, and programmers will be buying minivans
                                        
> A group of programmers were presenting a report to the Emperor. “What was
> the greatest achievement of the year?” the Emperor asked.
> 
> The programmers spoke among themselves and then replied, “We fixed 50% more
> bugs this year than we fixed last year.”
> 
> The Emperor looked on them in confusion. It was clear that he did not know
> what a “bug” was. After conferring in low undertones with his chief
> minister, he turned to the programmers, his face red with anger. “You are
> guilty of poor quality control. Next year there will be no ‘bugs’!” he
> demanded.
> 
> And sure enough, when the programmers presented their report to the
> Empoeror the next year, there was no mention of bugs.
> 

_The Zen of Programming_ [1]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0931137098/conmanlaborat-20

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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