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From: Laurent Bossavit on 11 Feb 2006 16:22
Richard,

> However, one must never rely on testing alone to ensure the correctness
> of a program.

What if you don't have the source code ?

Laurent
From: adaworks on 11 Feb 2006 19:02

"Laurent Bossavit" <laurent(a)dontspambossavit.com> wrote in message
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> Richard,
>
> > However, one must never rely on testing alone to ensure the correctness
> > of a program.
>
> What if you don't have the source code ?
>
You make the best of a bad situation. Sometimes we can
reverse engineer. Other times we can take a cleanroom
approach. As a last resort, one may invoke the assistance
of some benign deity, but that has not proven too successful
on most projects.

Richard Riehle


From: David Lightstone on 12 Feb 2006 10:19

"Laurent Bossavit" <laurent(a)dontspambossavit.com> wrote in message
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> Richard,
>
>> However, one must never rely on testing alone to ensure the correctness
>> of a program.
>
> What if you don't have the source code ?


Happens all the time that is both black box testing and validation testing.

>
> Laurent
>


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