Exforsys

Online Training

pl.explain

This is a discussion on pl.explain within the Software Testing forums, part of the Testing category; hi can any body pl.explain the sentence why "testing can never show the absence of any defects"? ...


Go Back   Exforsys > Testing > Software Testing

pl.explain pl.explain

Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply

 

LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 03-28-2008, 03:43 PM
Junior Member
  
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 8
leops is on a distinguished road
pl.explain
hi

can any body pl.explain the sentence why "testing can never show the absence of any defects"?

ps
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 11-02-2008, 05:08 PM
Member
  
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 45
Allan is on a distinguished road
The statement as per Dijkstra's criticism is Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence. This means any amount of testing represents only a small sampling of all possible computations and is therefore never adequate to assure the expected behavior of the program under all possible conditions.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

« Software testing and pattern designing | manual testing »
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:36 PM.

Contact Us - Exforsys - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0
Copyright 2004 - 2007 Exforsys Inc. All rights reserved.