By Tom Espiner
Published: Tuesday 05 December 2006
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Name
Mike W
Location
Midlands UK
Occupation
developer
Comment
"Standards work for all other industries, so why not software" - this is not intended as an excuse, but the logical complexity of all but the most trivial software is potentially several orders greater than most 'physical' devices.
This means that software writers must strive to use best-practice techniques ("standards") for writing and testing software, and a "if it /can/ happen, it /will/ happen" attitude to risk.
Unfortunately this ethos is not as widespread as it should be ... "if it works, ship it !"
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