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: fac41,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,5da92b52f6784b63 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: Ariane-5: can you clarify? (Re: Please do not start a language war) Date: 1997/03/18 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 226543211 Distribution: world References: <332B5495.167EB0E7@eiffel.com> Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.tech Date: 1997-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <01bc3389$46204f70$b280400a@gavinspc> "Gavin Collings" writes: > (2) To treat the software as intrinsically more reliable than the > hardware seems to go against all experience and indeed against > common sense. Truer words have never been spoken or written in software circles. This should be framed and required to be hung on the wall in all such circles. /Jon -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com