Mike Sinclair,

 

If your code isn't bullet-proof, the first time a real user touches it, it
will break.

 

Call that a "programmer's first law."

 

A corollary is that users are unreliable; you cannot depend on them to do
what you want them to do.  Restated:

 

If your code depends on a user doing something a certain way, they won't.

 

Practice defensive coding and you'll be ahead of the game.

 

Emmitt Dove

Manager, Converting Applications Development

Evergreen Packaging, Inc.

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