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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: 1108a1,5da92b52f6784b63 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: ffc1e,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidffc1e,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Martin@nezumi.demon.co.uk (Martin Tom Brown) Subject: Re: Papers on the Ariane-5 crash and Design by Contract Date: 1997/04/03 Message-ID: <860052330snz@nezumi.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 230436338 References: X-Mail2News-User: Martin@nezumi.demon.co.uk X-Mail2News-Path: nezumi.demon.co.uk Organization: Nezumi Reply-To: Martin@nezumi.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.programming.threads,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.tech Date: 1997-04-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu "Robert Dewar" writes: > Joachim said > > < is business programming with non-critical data, like sales personnel > reports and similar stuff. The cost to get the bugs out of the system ...>> > > To me, such an approach is never sensible. Look at the Y2K mess -- a perfect > example of the magnitude of trouble you can get into if you abandon an > emphasis on quality .... Yes, in the short run, it might make sense for > the supplier to cut corners, if all they are interested in is the bottom > line in the near future, but in the long run, for both consumers and the > vendors, this kind of short sightedness pays negative dividends. Part of the problem is that in commercial work the company can get paid to put the bugs in, and then to "maintain" the system by taking them out. Rush jobs tend to create more long term expense, but a shorter time to market and a quick return on investment. They get what they pay for. Regards, -- Martin Brown __ CIS: 71651,470 Scientific Software Consultancy /^,,)__/