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Falling down is part of Growing up: The Study of Failure and the Software Engineering Community

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Falling down is part of Growing up: The Study of Failure and the Software Engineering Community. / Dalcher, Darren.
Software Engineering Education. ed. / J.L. Diaz-Herrera. Berlin: Springer, 1994. p. 489-496 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 750).

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Dalcher, D 1994, Falling down is part of Growing up: The Study of Failure and the Software Engineering Community. in JL Diaz-Herrera (ed.), Software Engineering Education. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 750, Springer, Berlin, pp. 489-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0017636

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Dalcher, D. (1994). Falling down is part of Growing up: The Study of Failure and the Software Engineering Community. In J. L. Diaz-Herrera (Ed.), Software Engineering Education (pp. 489-496). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 750). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0017636

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Dalcher D. Falling down is part of Growing up: The Study of Failure and the Software Engineering Community. In Diaz-Herrera JL, editor, Software Engineering Education. Berlin: Springer. 1994. p. 489-496. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/BFb0017636

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Dalcher, Darren. / Falling down is part of Growing up : The Study of Failure and the Software Engineering Community. Software Engineering Education. editor / J.L. Diaz-Herrera. Berlin : Springer, 1994. pp. 489-496 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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