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: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-18 17:35:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.107.15 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1024446860 ST000 67.115.107.15 (Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:34:20 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:34:20 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: SCSYASVGXZUWSVPXN[O@_WH@YR_B@EXLLBWLOOAFMAVNDQUBLNTC@AWZWDXZXQ[K\FFSKCVM@F_N_DOBWVWG__LG@VVOIPLIGX\\BU_B@\P\PFX\B[APHTWAHDCKJF^NHD[YJAZMCY_CWG[SX\Y]^KC\HSZRWSWKGAY_PC[BQ[BXAS\F\\@DMTLFZFUE@\VL Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 00:34:21 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26326 Date: 2002-06-19T00:34:21+00:00 List-Id: >A balance between reliability and reality is what's called for, but who >honostly thinks that's what we'll get? Perhaps not your own preferred point on the balance, but a balance for sure. Consider cars, chain saws, hamburger, OTC painkillers, etc. Even software has *some* kind of balance (MS sending their programmers to a month long course on security must have been a non-trivial expense). It just that most people think the balance needs to move quite a bit more in the "reliability" direction.