Sobre software

The problem is that software is different from other merchandise. Computer programs are the most intricate, delicately balanced and finely interwoven of all the products of human industry to date. They are machines with far more moving parts than any engine: the parts don't wear out, but they interact and rub up against one another in ways the programmers themselves cannot predict.

James Gleick, Chasing Bugs in the Electronic Village

Gleick é jornalista científico, autor do premiado livro Caos - A Criação de uma Nova Ciência, entre outros.