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Re: Coverity


From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:21:32 -0500

Michael Williamson wrote:
I'm sorry, but relying on some statistical analysis tool to "certify
code" is utter bullshit.  Sure, this thing is useful in finding bonehead
mistakes and certainly is a worthy tool, but code that passes cannot be
considered defect free.  

``Testing reveals the presence, but not the absence of bugs.'' - Dijkstra

Jeff

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