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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-18 10:17:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B2E320B.96AB7AC7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:53:31 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 992883213 151.168.144.162 (Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:53:33 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:53:33 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8856 Date: 2001-06-18T11:53:31-05:00 List-Id: > The term "topless" should be reserved for when the specifications are given > in source and the rest is binary. I might note that this is a familiar and > very useful compromise employed by the Ada community. Isn't that more like "bottomless" -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau