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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Buffer overflow Article - CACM
Date: 14 Nov 2005 12:44:24 -0600
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In article <0f4ef.1413$s14.1261@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>, "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam@spam.com> writes:

> Even in cases where it is critical, how fast does an incorrect program have to 
> be in order to be acceptable? If a really fast, incorrect program is better than 
> a slow, correct program,

Well, the slow correct program must run quickly enough to beat the
Mean Time Between Failure of the hardware.  Otherwise it is not
actually producing a correct answer.