From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: ffc1e,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidffc1e,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,5da92b52f6784b63 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: Ken Garlington Subject: Re: Papers on the Ariane-5 crash and Design by Contract Date: 1997/04/04 Message-ID: <33453029.1572@lmtas.lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 230676894 References: <01bc3603$f9373d40$b280400a@gavinspc> Organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.programming.threads,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert I. Eachus wrote: > This is the point that Robert Dewar, Ken and myself I have been > emphasizing again and again--there was no error in software > development (for the Ariane 4), and ANY reasonable approach to reuse > would have found the potential problems. I'll go along with the first half of this statement, but I'm not sure about the second. If I had to state my position in one sentence, it would be: "Methodologies that assume reuse at the software module level work poorly when the entire hardware-software system is reused (and vice versa)." > > Robert I. Eachus > > with Standard_Disclaimer; > use Standard_Disclaimer; > function Message (Text: in Clever_Ideas) return Better_Ideas is... -- LMTAS - The Fighter Enterprise - "Our Brand Means Quality" For job listings, other info: http://www.lmtas.com or http://www.lmco.com