From: Florian Weimer <someone@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>
Subject: Re: JAVA and ADA JGNAT
Date: 2000/01/26
Date: 2000-01-26T21:32:58+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zotswmb9.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 388EDF67.FA8040A6@maths.unine.ch
Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch> writes:
> > XEmacs (as opposed to Emacs) and Mozilla are among the largest free
> > software projects and are managed in the Bazaar style.
>
> Good. But does it hold for a compiler, and for a language that should
> care about safety ?
I don't know. There is the argument that the more people actively work
with the code, the more bugs are found. And I think some of the free
*BSD variants have got quite liberal policies regarding CVS access,
but the OS is considered to be extremly stable.
Of course, when it comes to safety-critical software (in the Ada sense),
the synergy effects of the bazaar won't be very effective. Looking at
code of very different sources, most free software hackers seem to
prefer quick over clean solutions. ;)
> The tolerance towards a browser crashing (for the
> nth time) on a SGI station or the 567th Linux patch is not the same
> as towards code generated by an Ada compiler or the compiler itself.
I don't think that less open (or more closed ;) software development
presults in higher software quality per se.
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-01-18 0:00 JAVA and ADA JGNAT Mark Burge
2000-01-18 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Ed Falis
2000-01-19 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Ed Falis
2000-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-25 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-25 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Pascal Martin
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-01-28 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-30 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
2000-01-31 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-31 0:00 ` reason67
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-02-06 0:00 ` Pascal Martin
2000-02-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-06 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-02-07 0:00 ` Pascal Martin
2000-02-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-26 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-27 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-26 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-02-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
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