Error-free Software Is in Reach, but Is Anyone Reaching?

Error-free Software Is in Reach, but Is Anyone Reaching?: "In an interview with Watts S. Humphrey, a Fellow of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and Former Director of Software Quality and Process for IBM, I learned that 'even experienced engineers on average will inject a defect every 9 to 10 lines of code.'

Comment: I have a book from this guy, is it ever dry!!! Still very worth reading if you're very serious about taking the next step in terms of software engineering in your organization. The author speaks of three misconceptions people believe in terms of software, 1-it's impossible to ship error free software, 2-software is an art, 3-software errors are unique. The first two you hear all the time, the last one caught my attention, and it's true it's a common mis-conception, just so much more sneaky, read the explanation, and once you do, you will also, like me, realize that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!!! I'm happy to realize that here at Macadamian we're putting more and more effort in the prevention, with our processes and tools...WooHoo!"