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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address?
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"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message 
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>We strive
> to improve, but most of don't labor under the illusion that we can
> be liberated from error.

Software is not burdened by the realities of the physical world: it *can* be 
perfect. We should at least *try* to get there, there is nothing resembling 
an attempt right now.

I'm a perfectionist by nature anyway, that's why I'm reasonably well cut out 
for software development (software has to be pretty close to perfect before 
it will even work to any leave of usefulness). And I cannot stand debugging, 
I want my software to tell me when I've made a mistake and precisely where. 
Ada at least provides some measure of that.

                        Randy.