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From: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan)
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Subject: Re: Bugs and such (Re: How long does it take to register JRComm...)
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Date: 18 Apr 91 14:58:49 GMT
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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-