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Missing the Ninety-ninety rule?

"The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time."

 Tom Cargill, Bell Labs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule

NB There should probably be a 90-90-90-90-<recurring> rule... could called the Y-90 rule!



Probably because the "and the last 10 is the other 90" quote has existed longer than programming has. It's borrowed.




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