IfSQ

Competent programmers know their limits

Research Finding:
The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull.

IfSQ Defect Indicators based on this finding:

• SP-3—Routine Too Complex
  Control-flow complexity has been correlated with low reliabilty and frequent errors.

Source:

The Humble Programmer

• Edsger Dijkstra
• Recorded 1972 in Communications of the ACM, 15, no. 10, October
• Pages 859-66