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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Documentation In a spec File Usually Enough For You ? Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 20:56:39 +0200 Organization: Also freenews.netfront.net; news.tornevall.net; news.eternal-september.org Message-ID: References: <7fcdcc97-67e4-473b-abc4-cd0ecd4501ad@googlegroups.com> <8f6c0bfa-f7ed-4bee-a766-c786269f13a1@googlegroups.com> <80e23f09-06ac-4112-9b7f-e765266a952d@googlegroups.com> <401524c8-ca2e-4192-b451-96abfc98a066@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:56:39 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9df1d6701c2965da09acaa6031aeb98c"; logging-data="30464"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+HPWltxJxfQtUIhVEc771ggGoCBsp9O6E=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:53k8KccktPcQqxKXgHoL32O5wzE= In-Reply-To: <401524c8-ca2e-4192-b451-96abfc98a066@googlegroups.com> Content-Language: en-US Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54684 Date: 2018-10-21T20:56:39+02:00 List-Id: On 10/21/18 5:20 PM, AdaMagica wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 18. Oktober 2018 22:07:18 UTC+2 schrieb Jeffrey R. Carter: >> >> Right. So if I claim the function returns a good password, you won't trust me >> and won't accept my claim until you've tested it. So there's no point in my >> making such a claim. > > So if you used a library written by me, would you take it as is without ever caring whether is does what I claimed that it does? How imprudent! It appears that you have significantly misunderstood what I wrote. -- Jeff Carter "Sir Lancelot saves Sir Gallahad from almost certain temptation." Monty Python & the Holy Grail 69