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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada-c++ productivity Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 03:09:31 GMT References: <668465900@ <13570@helios.TAMU.EDU> <6514@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <2927@sparko.gwu.edu> Sender: news@Rational.COM List-Id: >Unfortunately I never had the guts to test my theory that it didn't >matter if the flowchart matched a _different_ program. I can tell you for >sure that _nobody_ ever read the charts; they were useless. I'd be willing to bet your theory is correct: I know a guy who worked at a Big Contractor who wrote an SDD that discussed, at one point, non-existent conversion routines from furlongs to cubits. Nobody ever noticed. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own. Duh. Like you'd ever be able to find a company (or, for that matter, very many people) with opinions like mine. -- "When I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails."