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From: Ken Garlington <kennieg@flash.net>
Subject: Re: The stupidity of all the Ariane 5 analysts.
Date: 1997/07/21
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Bertrand Meyer wrote:
> 
> To repeat once again the basic point made in the
> paper by Jean-Marc Jezequel and myself: it is dangerous
> and unjustifiable, especially in a mission-critical setting,
> to reuse a software element without a specification.

Geoff Eldridge <geldridg@progsoc.uts.edu.au> was kind enough
to post my draft critique of your paper in HTML format at:

   http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~geldridg/eiffel/ariane/

Let me know if you have any comments before I submit the final
version to you at the end of the month. Thank you.