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 16:01:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Thought this was interesting Date: 24 Aug 2002 16:01:09 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0208241501.71259703@posting.google.com> References: <3D6688E1.3A1797CC@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1030230069 471 127.0.0.1 (24 Aug 2002 23:01:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Aug 2002 23:01:09 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28377 Date: 2002-08-24T23:01:09+00:00 List-Id: 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. If anyone is interested in understanding how software that must be defect free (e.g. safety-critical software) is written. I recommend reading the HRG report. By the way the shuttle software is not the greatest example here. The launch of the very first shuttle was delayed because of a software bug :-)