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On 9 f=E9v, 22:51, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote:
> Here is the link in the Guardian article to the original work:
>
> http://www.leshatton.org/Documents/Texp_ICSE297.pdf
Waw, this one is really not a love-letter :

After it introduced common pitfalls which may await the unwaries, it
goes straight to this words :
> In contrast, predicting the existence of a new sub-atomic particle
> seems a relatively straightforward exercise.

I surprised (if confirmed) that FORTRAN (which I've never experienced)
is even less safe than C.