The computer may be incompetent in itself--that is, unable to do the work for which it was designed. This kind of incompetence can never be eliminated, because the Peter Principle applies in the plants where computers are designed and manufactured.
In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.
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In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.
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