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02-03-2005 01:03 PM - edited 05-31-2022 12:04 PM
The first law of programming:
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N = [S*S*T/(D*P)] + 1
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N : Number of bugs
S : Program size
T : Time spent programming
D : Time spent debugging
P : Programmer skills
In other words:
- After debugging by the best programmers for an infinite time, there will be exactly one bug left.
or
- The last remaining bug can never be found.
We probably can make a more complex version that includes other metrics such as: # of people involved in the project, the number of sequence structures, value property nodes, and local variables. Bonus for 1 event structure, but penalty for 2 or more. etc.
Message Edited by altenbach on 06-29-2005 08:43 AM
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