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: 103376,6aa6d133611419f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-24 18:04:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!dca6-feed2.news.algx.net!dfw3-feed1.news.algx.net!allegiance!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D682CFF.21CE8F23@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Thought this was interesting References: <3D6688E1.3A1797CC@san.rr.com> <5ee5b646.0208241501.71259703@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:04:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.104.78 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1030237457 63.184.104.78 (Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:04:17 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:04:17 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28381 Date: 2002-08-25T01:04:17+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > Darren New wrote in message news:<3D6688E1.3A1797CC@san.rr.com>... > > How to really get zero-defect code: > > http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.html > > Well this article is a bit full of hype for my taste. What is really sad and scary is that the article is 6 years old, and we all know how much the general state of software development has improved since then. Such as my most recent contract, for a supposedly CMM Level 3 project, on which I was told, in effect, "You start coding and I'll go find out what they want." -- Jeff Carter "Monsieur Arthur King, who has the brain of a duck, you know." Monty Python & the Holy Grail