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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f66d11aeda114c52 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,f66d11aeda114c52 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) Date: 1997/08/14 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 264198044 Distribution: world References: <33E503B3.3278@flash.net> <33E8FC54.41C67EA6@eiffel.com> <33E9B217.39DA@flash.net> <33EA5592.5855@flash.net> <33EB4935.167EB0E7@eiffel.com> <33EB754E.446B9B3D@eiffel.com> <33EBE46D.2149@flash.net> <33EF9487.41C67EA6@eiffel.com> <33F20BCE.AB3@link.com> <33F22AD8.41C67EA6@eiffel.com> Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <33F22AD8.41C67EA6@eiffel.com> Bertrand Meyer writes: > > Which appeared in a column in IEEE Computer magazine, positioning > > it deceptively as a technical item instead of an ad. > > This is outrageous. The article in question suggested a technical Perhaps, but since this is a pretty wide spread impression, it may be worth considering which side of the "desk" it originates. > solution (Design by Contract) to avoid new occurrences ^^^^^^^^ Interesting that you changed this in your own followup to your own post here. > For example the June issue of IEEE Computer included a 6-page eulogy > of Java by its creator, James Gosling. Is this a deceptive ad too? Possibly. Wouldn't surprise me in the least. > technical advocacy, IEEE Computer and other magazines will soon > become rather boring places. Fortunately I don't think that's going > to happen. Possibly - or more reasonable and cogent. > 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. /Jon -- Jon Anthony OMI, Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari