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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,3488d9e5d292649f X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-01 05:16:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.nyroc.rr.com!cyclone-out.nyroc.rr.com!twister.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3E60AD4A.78002872@yahoo.com> From: Peter Flass X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Quality (Re: status of PL/I as a viable language) References: <1045856952.418085@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 12:56:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.194.50.82 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyroc.rr.com 1046523402 24.194.50.82 (Sat, 01 Mar 2003 07:56:42 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 07:56:42 EST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.pl1:4469 comp.lang.ada:34767 Date: 2003-03-01T12:56:42+00:00 List-Id: AG wrote: > > "Anders Wirzenius" wrote in message > news:mCH6a.102$8M5.44@read3.inet.fi... > > > The paradoxality lies in that you never can avoid the situation of "First > Do It And Then Test What You Have Done". > > Hmmm, jump off the tall building perhaps? Wanna do some tests? That's what prototyping is for. Nothing shows up design weknesses faster than a good prototype. Then scrap what you have (if necessary) and do the *real* design.