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From: geldridg@progsoc.uts.edu.au
Subject: Re: Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!)
Date: 1997/08/14
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References: <33E503B3.3278@flash.net> <dewar.870870888@merv>
 <JSA.97Aug14131421@alexandria.organon.com>
Organization: Eiffel Liberty Journal (elj)
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Date: 1997-08-14T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <JSA.97Aug14131421@alexandria.organon.com>,
jsa@alexandria.organon.com says...
>
>In article <33F22AD8.41C67EA6@eiffel.com> Bertrand Meyer
>><Bertrand.Meyer@eiffel.com> writes:

[...]

>> It seems that the idea of using modern techniques to
>> improve software reliability shocks some people so much
>
>There is nothing new about assertions or the notion behind DBC.  The
>basic ideas have been floated in various forms for a looonnggg time
>now.

.. and Bertrand Meyer will be the first to acknownledge such.

I think the following beta-release `Eiffel Liberty Journal' (elj)
article by Bertrand Meyer, titled:

 `Eiffel's Design by Contract: Predecessors and Original Contributions'

at:

 http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~geldridg/eiffel/liberty/v1/n1/bm/bmdbc.html

might shed some more light on your comments.

Hope this helps.

Geoff Eldridge

-- geldridg@progsoc.uts.edu.au