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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-02 08:44:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CD15EBF.B2AACC7B@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 10:43:59 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1020354272 151.168.144.162 (Thu, 02 May 2002 10:44:32 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 10:44:32 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23413 Date: 2002-05-02T10:43:59-05:00 List-Id: > that the number of problems that arose were statistically equal. The first > group relied too much on the goodness of the instruments, failing to catch > the eventual errors of the instruments, while the other group double > checked everything. That reminds me of one argument against the late U.S. 55 MPH speed limit. Proponents pointed out the proven reduction in fatalities. Opponents said that was only because people were more alert trying not to get caught while driving as fast as ever. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau