C.A. Middleburg of the University of Amsterdam has conducted a literature survey to find out about the state of the art in software testing theory. I will quote one of his conclusions here:
Some remarkable observations are:
- in the development of existing theories about software testing, what sets
software testing apart from other forms of software analysis, namely that a
test involves the execution of code and observation of effects of the execution,
is completely forgotten;- …
It is rather remarkable, isn’t it?
