Explain why program inspections are an effective technique for discovering errors in a program. What types of errors are unlikely to be discovered through inspections?
Inspections are a fundamental need for any product that is made for public use, the same applies to program code. Inspections in programming allows errors to be found that would not necessarily be found at compile time. These types of errors are logical errors. Types of logical errors can be arithmetical or interpretative. Since these type of errors may not cause faults in a program at run or compile time, it can make them hard to find. The most effective way to find logical errors is not by automated processes but by manually probing through the code. Routine inspections provide this type of manual probing.
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