If A System Is Of Sufficient Complexity, It Will Be Written Before It's Designed, Implemented Before It's Tested, And Obsolete Before It's Debugged.

If A System Is Of Sufficient Complexity, It Will Be Written Before It's Designed, Implemented Before It's Tested, And Obsolete Before It's Debugged.

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If a system is of sufficient complexity, it will be
written before it's designed, implemented before it's
tested, and obsolete before it's debugged.

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