In the past, most of the work was spent on designing, coding, and testing programs, while little work is spent on maintenance; today, most of the work on a program is spent on maintenance. The main reason for this trend is because.

A. people don’t spend as much time designing as they used to
B. customers complain more often today than in the past
C. programmers are intentionally making programs buggier, so they can spend more time maintaining them – it’s job security
D. in the past, programs were small and could easily be rewritten; now, programs are humongous, and it is more cost-effective to maintain them


D

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