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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Business Week (12/6/99 issue) article on Software Quality
Date: 1999/12/09
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In article <82mle2$3v3$1@nntp8.atl.mindspring.net>,
  Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Please craft your own response to the Business Week article if you

I'm not entirely sure it merited one. I agree that they missed a rather
rich problem source in the obstinate use of error-prone languages. But
at least they didn't *blame* Ada for problems. That's a good start. :-)

> find mine so odius.  It will do no harm for the magazine to receive
> multiple submissions.  The editors may then select from among those
> that seem most appropriate.

Being a cynic, I suspect that editors often select the letters that are
the *least* sensible-sounding, or have bizzare or easily refutable
points. Given that viewpoint, more letters would be a *bad* thing, as
some are bound to be worse. :-)

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