Steve McConnell

A blanket attempt to avoid mistakes is the biggest mistake of all.

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

11 years is a long time in this industry.

Trying to improve software quality by increasing the amount of testing is like trying to lose weight by weighing yourself more often. What you eat before you step onto the scale determines how much you will weigh, and the software-development techniques you use determine how many errors testing will find.

95% on content and the computer language remains the same.