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Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> On 2019-03-28 08:01, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> Attempts to use quality assurance 
> methods known in engineering disciplines to software result in 
> nonsensical standards and certification procedures which assure nothing 
> but wasting human resources.
> 

The equivalence class of economically viable software firms demonstrates
that there exist a sweet spot. It lies between investing in the production
of correct logic and selling software that has layers of waste.

For an analogy, compare compost and composites. 

Customers and programmers alike might say that anything with waste in it is
not sweet, it’s bitter. But, they are sheep. Enjoy Ada while you can.