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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_SPAM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fc772,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc772,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-18 08:37:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!not-for-mail From: Andy Sawyer Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++.moderated Subject: Re: C bug of the day Date: 18 Jun 2003 11:39:19 -0400 Organization: International Rescue Sender: cppmods@netlab.cs.rpi.edu Message-ID: References: <1054751321.434656@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Original-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:53:00 GMT X-Submission-Address: c++-submit@netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.lang.c++.moderated iQBVAwUAPvCHoUHMCo9UcraBAQFnFgIAisvaH5kJrieYDt2UGIhZzJW+gde7Ebgz iYWVvavo/hCtHcAQ8hYHYUFi5C1XxqUjryi8jAm4Q6yQx3uFFzLmng== =3J8d Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39399 comp.lang.c++.moderated:68619 Date: 2003-06-18T11:39:19-04:00 List-Id: In article , on 17 Jun 2003 13:52:03 -0400, Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote: > In article , Andy Sawyer > writes: > > In article , > > on 12 Jun 2003 20:39:38 -0400, > > Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote: > > > > > The typical Ada expert believes in code review, formal inspection, > > > fault analysis, project specification and many other activities that > > > would be useless if there were a perfect programming language. > > > > None of these activities would be useless if there were a perfect > > programming language. > > What use would they have ? The perfect programming language, unlike > Ada or C* would find human logic errors and specification faults ! They'd give the programmers something to do while your perfect programming language was fixing all those errors and faults... -- "Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ]