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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ada student homework ?
Date: 2000/11/08
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"Nicolas Brunot" <n.brunot@cadwin.com> wrote in message
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> Nobody forces you to answer them.
> I personally wouldn't like to ride on an airplane programmed by R.Dewar
who would certainly
> explained he expected the plane to crash because the compiler behaves as
he expects ...

This seems to be a completely unwarranted attack on Robert Dewar.  From my
observation,
Dr. Dewar appears to have a very critical eye for detail and a genuine
concern for correctness.
Both of these qualities seem to me to be very important when developing
critical software.

-Chad R. Meiners