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, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no 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: 2002-08-25 17:40:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Thought this was interesting Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:45:58 -0700 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3D697A46.2D3679C3@adaworks.com> References: <3D6688E1.3A1797CC@san.rr.com> <5ee5b646.0208241501.71259703@posting.google.com> <3D682CFF.21CE8F23@acm.org> Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 3f.bb.80.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 26 Aug 2002 00:40:52 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28399 Date: 2002-08-26T00:40:52+00:00 List-Id: The really interesting question about this article is, "How much of the code is written in Ada, if any?" Richard Riehle --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Carter wrote: > 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