Wednesday, November 29, 2017

HW27: Chapter 24

24.6) Explain why program inspections are an effective technique for discovering errors in a program. What types of error are unlikely to be discovered through inspections?

Program inspections involve running through a list of common errors and looking for them in a system. They are performed by a developer who did not work on the code being inspected. This gives a fresh perspective which will be more likely to find errors. However, program inspections would not be as effective if the developer is using a specific library or algorithm that the inspector may not have as much experience with.

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