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Subject: The number one bug detection hint...

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 14:43:39 06/16/05

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The number one bug detection hint is: perform regression testing of your program
on at least two different platforms.

By varying the CPU, the OS, and the compiler, it becomes much more likely to
have early detection of nasty bugs related to bad pointers, uninitialized
variables, memory leaks, faulty assumptions concerning the run time support, and
any number of unrecognized dependencies.

If you don`t have a second, different platform for this, then find a friend who
does and arrange some sort of automated build/test/report procedure.  Return the
favor if possible.



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