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: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-09 02:37:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed.cgocable.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Mandating code quality (was: is Ada dead?) Message-ID: References: Organization: LJK Software Date: 9 Jul 2001 05:36:48 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 994671427 216.44.122.34 (Mon, 09 Jul 2001 09:37:07 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 09:37:07 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9662 Date: 2001-07-09T05:36:48-05:00 List-Id: In article , "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." writes: > From: Bob Leif > To: Larry Kilgallen et al. > > Larry Kilgallen wrote, "Typically using practices common in your industry is > an adequate legal > defense in the US." > > This did not work for the tobacco industry. In an injury or death case, a > good (properly educated) malpractice lawyer will define the industry to have > required mission critical technology. The tobacco industry lost only after _years_ of winning. It is the exception that proves the rule (the rule where I said "typically").