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• The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one.
  Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often abstract away its essence....
• Quote #32 It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
• Quote #620 Successful software always gets changed. -- Frederick Brook
• Quote #609 Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.
  -- Edward V Berard...
• Quote #632 Present to inform, not to impress; if you inform, you will impress.
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• The flow chart is a most thoroughly oversold piece of program documentation.
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• It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.