“Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs.”

— Brian W. Kernighan

Programming Pearls http://www.bowdoin.edu/~ltoma/teaching/cs340/spring05/coursestuff/Bentley_BumperSticker.pdf. CACM. 28 (9). September 1985

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