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D. J. Bernstein  
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 More options Apr 24 2001, 10:40 pm
Newsgroups: comp.security.unix, comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.security
From: d...@cr.yp.to (D. J. Bernstein)
Date: 25 Apr 2001 02:26:46 GMT
Local: Tues, Apr 24 2001 10:26 pm
Subject: Re: It's becoming obvious that...

Alun Jones <a...@texis.com> wrote:
> If you'd like to tell me how I can ensure that I never
> make a typing mistake, I'd be grateful to hear it.

Double-check your typing. Triple-check your typing. Measure your error
rate so that you can calculate the proper number of times to check.

> If you'd like to tell me how I can make absolutely certain that I'll
> never mis-analyse output from QA tests,

Structure your code so that mistakes are detected by automated tests.

---Dan


 
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