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Do you know who distinguish testing from debugging? The separation of debugging from testing was initially introduced by Glenford J. Myers in 1979. Although his attention was on breakage testing ,it illustrated the desire of the software engineering community to separate fundamental development activities, such as debugging, from that of verification. Dr. Dave Gelperin and Dr. William C. Hetzel classified in 1988 the phases and goals in software testing in the following stages: Until 1956 - Debugging oriented 1957-1978 - Demonstration oriented 1983-1987 - Destruction oriented 1983-1987 - Evaluation oriented 1988-onward- Prevention oriented References: Myers, Glenford J. (1979). The Art of Software Testing. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-04328-1 . Gelperin, D.; B. Hetzel (1988). "The Growth of Software Testing". CACM 31 (6). ISSN 0001-0782. until 1956 it was the debugging oriented period, when testing was often associated to debugging: there was no clear difference between te...