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We Really Don't Know Jack About Maintenance

Posted by kdawson on from the phbs-to-the-contrary-notwithstanding dept.

davecb writes "The ACM has been kind enough to print Paul Stachour's and my 'jack' article about Software Maintenance. Paul first pointed out back in 1984 that we and our managers were being foolish — when we were still running Unix V7 — and if anything it's been getting worse. Turns out maintenance has been a 'solved problem in computer science' since at least then, and we're just beginning to rediscover it."

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  1. six sigma by bunbuntheminilop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could a six sigma program help here? A systematic and structured approach to problem solving is needed. Whenever someone fixes a bug that creates a new bug, then it's a waste of everyone time and effort.

  2. Re:Wait a second... by Fred_A · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doesn't modular programming solve this problem?

    Theory, I'd like to introduce you to practice. You two are very different, you should have lots of things to talk about.

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