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,dbe024bebf3e8f53 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-27 02:59:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone.bc.net!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Spirit - Software failure Date: 27 Jan 2004 04:59:52 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <5d6fdb61.0401260215.1e460bdf@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1075201159 23487 192.135.80.34 (27 Jan 2004 10:59:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:59:19 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4893 Date: 2004-01-27T04:59:52-06:00 List-Id: In article , Stephen Leake writes: > How long does a test need to be to be "thorough"? Longer than 9 days, > apparently :). Ideally a test should put _more_ stress on a component that it would undergo in actual use. It is often impossible to achieve that ideal, but 9 days testing on a component that will get considerably more than 9 days use seems bad. > I doubt using Ada would have fixed this. Certainly not, but this is certainly relevant to the issue of management shortchanging the non-programming tasks.