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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: ffc1e,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidffc1e,public X-Google-Thread: 114bcd,e875542289af31e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid114bcd,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,5da92b52f6784b63 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: the one and only real true kibo Subject: Re: Papers on the Ariane-5 crash and Design by Contract Date: 1997/03/29 Message-ID: <5hji69$2hq@stronghold.dhp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 229278637 References: <332B5495.167EB0E7@eiffel.com> <332D113B.4A64@calfp.co.uk> <5gm8a6$2qu$2@news.irisa.fr> Organization: DataHaven Project +1 412 421 4516 (DHP.COM) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.programming.threads,comp.lang.ada,alt.religion.kibology Date: 1997-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On 26 Mar 1997 17:13:20 -0500 in article posted to comp.lang.eiffel, Robert Dewar wrote: > < appliying programming-by-contract tecniques for the 15 years i've been > programming professionally - imperfectly, ofcourse. I've gathered and > developed tools and techniques slowly along the way, and am still > learning.>> > Sure, but virtually everyone has been instincitively applying at least > some of the basic idea of programming-by-contract for ever and ever amen. > The basic idea here is nothing new, and indeed is obvious. > What is significant about programming by contract is *precisely* the > activity of formalizing it and embodying it into fixed syntax (even that > idea is by no means new, Eiffel did not invent this idea, and I am sure > that Bertrand Meyer would not claim otherwise -- what Eiffel did was to > make it a centerpiece of the design, and that is indeed interesting!) Who cares what Bertrand Meyer claims - he's a well-known liar and a crook. Anything Bertrand Meyer claims has got to be a fucking lie. I am the only true Kibo. Finger me for my PGP public key. Check out my home page for the coolest way to vote on new newsgroup proposals or to issue Usenet cancels. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMz1MCalPvImbzLKZAQGWfgP9FOd+wiUm2JNpLobEBvbkne1BpDpeyc83 +L8DcCyUHSYO2inB3vFtOOkK8rDL1CqRsrCQZnR8yIdDXd+Em4SkGRQyreyooW2R zIzB9X6n34gGfhZI0JyABcwuu1T34q3UtrDFDZwZz0+oQMmBUOC2tM5xLXcyEDn3 8Jhx7Lp5YAs= =E+R3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----