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: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,899fc98b2883af4a X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-16 13:55:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Larry Hazel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030401 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died)) References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> <7507f79d.0305121629.5b8b7369@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305130543.60381450@posting.google.com> <254c16a.0305140549.3a87281b@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305141747.5680c577@posting.google.com> <3EC3D737.6020509@attbi.com> <9fa75d42.0305160924.2bf76373@posting.google.com> <3EC539FA.1040500@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <3EC539FA.1040500@attbi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:57:54 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.0.32.41 X-Trace: eagle.america.net 1053118536 66.0.32.41 (Fri, 16 May 2003 16:55:36 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:55:36 EDT Organization: 24hoursupport.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:63956 comp.object:63578 comp.lang.ada:37411 comp.software-eng:19244 Date: 2003-05-16T15:57:54-05:00 List-Id: Robert I. Eachus wrote: > > Since there is almost never a reason to make one of those changes, a > project manager can keep a hammer in his office to use on anyone who > proposes such a change. (A foam rubber hammer, of course, Ah yes, must have the proper SOFTware tools :)