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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,447bd1cf7a88c198 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-09 11:25:37 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!enews.sgi.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Do we need "Mission-Critical" software? Was: What to Do? References: <93f6jl$mf7$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 19:25:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com 979068337 24.20.190.201 (Tue, 09 Jan 2001 11:25:37 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 11:25:37 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3826 Date: 2001-01-09T19:25:37+00:00 List-Id: > > And as usual, exceptions confirm the rule :-) >In English, most people also think, quite >wrongly, that this is what the saying means, i.e. when most people use the saying, they do indeed mean confirm, and not test.