On Sat, December 9, 2006 10:30 am, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Stewart Stremler wrote: > >> And you're right, it doesn't _find_ more bugs -- but if you have >> compatible programmers, it *prevents* bugs. Mostly due to greater >> adherence to discipline (like writing good comments, writing unit tests, >> choosing good variable/function names, etc.), I think. > > The evidence suggests that the bug rate is the same. > > Now, there may be benefit to sharing knowledge about style discipline. > However, I have found that design reviews and having to fix existing > code are generally good enough for that. > > -a >
The best hope for quality cde is to contain defects in previous phases. Code reviews catch defects. Design reviews prevent defects. Good testing catches defects too late. 1:10:100 -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
