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Quotation of the day for February 4, 2013

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Quotation of the Day for February 4, 2013



"Architects draw detailed plans before a brick is laid or a nail is hammered. Programmers and software engineers don't. Can this be why houses seldom collapse and programs often crash?"

- Leslie Lamport, computer scientist.

[http://www.wired.com.edgesuite.net/opinion/2013/01/code-bugs-programming-why-we-need-specs]

Submitted by: Terry Labach
Feb. 1, 2013

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