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"The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another."

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., American Computer Scientist

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"The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another."

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