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: f43e6,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" Subject: Re: Safety-critical development in Ada and Eiffel Date: 1997/07/21 Message-ID: <33D3B230.7DF6@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 258019487 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 References: <33C835A5.362A@flash.net> <33CBBF4B.7BAF@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > > one more time what others said over and over: telling people to > > assert or document everything pertinent will NOT cure the failure > > to recognize what's pertinent!! > > True, but that didn't apply to the Ariane 5 case. If you resuse > software in an environment with very different requirements, .... Well, IMHO, a difference in requirements is pertinent, and being told there is no difference is very nearly failing to recognize something pertinent! :-) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------------------------------------------------