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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-03 11:16:02 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional From: Ted Dennison References: <9kci3p$ri$1@elf.eng.bsdi.com> <9kdeuv$dfh@augusta.math.psu.edu> <9kecu6$f8i@augusta.math.psu.edu> Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Message-ID: <9TBa7.16564$ar1.61061@www.newsranger.com> X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 14:15:33 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 18:15:33 GMT Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!news.bnb-lp.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11245 comp.lang.c:71955 comp.lang.c++:79764 comp.lang.functional:7270 Date: 2001-08-03T18:15:33+00:00 List-Id: In article <9kecu6$f8i@augusta.math.psu.edu>, Dan Cross says... > >In article , >Kaz Kylheku wrote: >>But if you say ``the software is full of mistakes'', no further >>qualification is needed. It's obvious who wrote it, and therefore >>who made the mistakes. > >Hmm, I hear what you're saying; the only problem I have with `mistake' >is that it has a less severe connotation (``oh dang; I made a mistake >and ordered a coke instead of ginger ale...'', ``I made a mistake and >burned the muffins...''). Maybe ``error'' is a better word. ``The >software is full of errors.'' Its a silly arguement anyway. If everyone started saying "frobozz" whenever they now say "bug", "frobozz" will just eventually come to mean the same thing. You can't run away from the meaning people give a concept by meerly changing the sounds you make with your mouth. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com