"If your software miscalculates the path of a space probe, you can't finesse your way out of trouble by saying that your code is patriotic, or avant-garde, or any of the other dodges people use in nontechnical fields."
Its not often I agree completely with all the points in an article, but this one made me think there must be more to PG than I've given him credit for. Well worth bookmarking.
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