Abstract
Whenever you write computer programs, there are two Golden Rules to bear in mind:
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Golden Rule 1. Anything that can go wrong, will.
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Golden Rule 2. Anything that can’t go wrong, probably will too. In other words, cats miaow, dogs bark, politicians tell imaginative versions of the truth, and programmers make mistakes.
“That is not said right,” said the Caterpillar.
“Not quite right, I’m afraid,” said Alice timidly: ‘some of the words have got altered.’
“It is wrong from beginning to end,” said the Caterpillar decidedly.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Jones, R., Stewart, I. (1987). Debugging. In: The Art of C Programming. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8685-8_13
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