Good software design always consider potential scenarios of failure. That’s easier said than done. Frequently, even detecting the failure may be a hard task. That’s other reason why design should always favor software construction based on low-coupled components: theoretically, it should be easier to isolate and identify the part at fault. Now, if a failure occurs, what will the system do? Mask the failure? Inform the user about the failure and ask her for directions? Try to automatically recover from failure? Nice questions, even prettier core dumps.

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