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This is an interesting point that I think a lot of programming can miss.

Proving that the program has no bugs is akin to proving that the program won't make you feel sad. Like ... I'm not sure we have the math.

One of the more important jobs of the software engineer is to look deep into your customer's dreams and determine how those dreams will ultimately make your customer sad unless there's some sort of intervention before you finish the implementation.




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