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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!)
Date: 1997/08/22
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<<I think one of the primary differences between correctness and
reliability is
that the former can be defined crisply while the latter cannot.>>


No, I disagree, these are completely different qualities, they are related,
but as I said earlier, you can have reliable programs that are not correct, and correct
programs that are not realiable.