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: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers Date: 1997/06/09 Message-ID: <339C6CDF.5E3@most.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 247306511 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <5mmvgj$61k@squire.cen.brad.ac.uk> <19970602.562B58.2B32@ai110.du.pipex.com> <5n1261$qj6@polo.demon.co.uk> <19970602.433020.144E5@ai078.du.pipex.com> <33983ABE.26B2@sni.de> <19970606.49CA70..12B91@ae124.du.pipex.com> <865721794snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > The problem with the crocodile theory is that it is based on hidden > knowledge, not scientific axioms. It may be valid but doesn't deal with > the fundamentals. And of course the crocodiles might change their minds or > die out, so the crocodile theory is not as strongly founded. No, the problem with the crocodile theory is that its axioms (the existence of invisible crocodiles) are offensive to "right-thinking scientists." An axiom is an unproven starting point from which the rest of a formal system is derived. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------