This is a big philosophical question.
If you drop a stone a million times you still can't predict that it'll fall
the next time unless you know the mechanism. Gravity is something we still
don't really understand but with software YOU WROTE THE CODE.
You still need to test to check your code but more important is proving it
by checking the logic. Once you've done this you know the sorts of things
that need testing (boundary conditions, etc.).
Just using and banging numbers through a program doesn't prove it works
(although it can prove it doesn't). This sort of testing should only be done
after you've proved the program to satisfy the bean-counters.
Tim Ward
Senior Systems Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wee Chua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 February 2001 14:44
> To: PHP (E-mail)
> Subject: Help?
>
>
> Hi all,
> I am sorry for asking this question but I just need some
> opinions or answers
> from you all. The question is "What are the limitations of software
> testing?"
> Thanks for any helps in advance.
>
> Calvin
>
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