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This term has been used since, at least, the mid-1980s. [[Turing Award]] winner [[Fred Brooks]] has used this term and its antonym of [[accidental complexity]] since the mid-1980s. He has also updated his views in 1995 for an anniversary edition of ''Mythical Man-Month,'' chapter 17 "'[[No Silver Bullet]]' Refired".<ref name="Brooks, Proc. IFIP" >[[#Brooks, Proc. IFIP|Brooks, Proc. IFIP]]</ref><ref>Brooks, IEEE Computer</ref><ref>Brooks, Mythical Man-Month, Silver Bullet Refired</ref>
<ref name="nist_web">{{cite web|
url=http://hissa.nist.gov/HHRFdata/Artifacts/ITLdoc/235/chaptera.htm|
title=Structured Testing: A Testing Methodology Using the Cyclomatic Complexity Metric Chapter 10: Essential Complexity|
author=McCabe, Watson|
year=1996}}</ref>
== Cyclomatic complexity ==
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