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From: G. B. <nonlegitur@nmhp.invalid>
Subject: Re: Intervention needed?
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:48:07 -0000 (UTC)
Date: 2019-03-28T20:48:07+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <q7jbu7$e9$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: q7i2qb$bqn$1@gioia.aioe.org

Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> On 2019-03-28 08:01, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> Attempts to use quality assurance 
> methods known in engineering disciplines to software result in 
> nonsensical standards and certification procedures which assure nothing 
> but wasting human resources.
> 

The equivalence class of economically viable software firms demonstrates
that there exist a sweet spot. It lies between investing in the production
of correct logic and selling software that has layers of waste.

For an analogy, compare compost and composites. 

Customers and programmers alike might say that anything with waste in it is
not sweet, it’s bitter. But, they are sheep. Enjoy Ada while you can.


  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-28 20:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 146+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-08 16:43 Intervention needed? Olivier Henley
2019-03-08 16:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-08 17:31 ` gautier_niouzes
2019-03-11 14:31   ` antispam
2019-03-11 15:07     ` gautier_niouzes
2019-03-11 17:19     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-11 15:34 ` Lucretia
2019-03-11 17:30   ` Simon Wright
2019-03-11 17:42     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-11 18:14       ` AdaMagica
2019-03-11 19:52   ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-11 20:04     ` Lucretia
2019-03-11 22:08   ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2019-03-12  2:04     ` Lucretia
2019-03-12 13:17       ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-12 16:32       ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2019-03-12 16:56         ` Lucretia
2019-03-12 17:20           ` Lucretia
2019-03-12 18:14         ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-12 19:21           ` Lucretia
2019-03-12 21:53             ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-13 10:50               ` Jere
2019-03-17 12:52               ` Optikos
2019-03-17 16:37                 ` Luke A. Guest
2019-03-17 16:48                 ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-20  0:49                   ` Optikos
2019-03-20  1:04                     ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-20  1:19                       ` Optikos
2019-03-18 23:36                 ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-19  2:18                   ` Optikos
2019-03-19  8:44                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-19  9:53                       ` Optikos
2019-03-19 22:13                         ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-19 22:26                           ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-20  1:08                             ` Jere
2019-03-22  2:26                               ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-23 15:56                                 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2019-03-23 21:38                                   ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-19 22:36                           ` Optikos
2019-03-19 23:13                             ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-20  1:28                               ` Jere
2019-03-20  8:42                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-22  2:00                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-22 11:10                                   ` Jere
2019-03-23  8:03                                     ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-23 21:32                                       ` Jere
2019-03-20  7:59                               ` Optikos
2019-03-22  2:16                                 ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-22  8:38                                   ` Optikos
2019-03-22 10:54                                     ` Jere
2019-03-23  7:53                                       ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-23 13:59                                         ` Jere
2019-03-23 21:19                                           ` Jere
2019-03-23 21:29                                             ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-26  8:09                                           ` Optikos
2019-03-20  1:20                           ` Jere
2019-03-22  2:30                             ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-22  9:08                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-22 22:23                                 ` Optikos
2019-03-27 19:20                                   ` G. B.
2019-03-27 21:02                                     ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-28  7:01                                       ` Maciej Sobczak
2019-03-28  7:17                                         ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-28  8:39                                           ` Simon Wright
2019-03-30  4:31                                             ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-30 22:14                                           ` Robert A Duff
2019-03-30 22:55                                             ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-28  9:06                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-28 20:48                                           ` G. B. [this message]
2019-03-29  5:13                                             ` Bojan Bozovic
2019-03-29  8:13                                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-29  6:57                                           ` Maciej Sobczak
2019-03-29  7:13                                             ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-29  8:39                                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-01 15:13                                               ` Optikos
2019-04-01 16:51                                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-01 21:42                                                   ` Randy Brukardt
2019-04-02  8:30                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-02 15:53                                                       ` Anh Vo
2019-03-19 22:04                       ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-19 22:22                         ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-19 23:01                           ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-19  9:37                     ` Optikos
2019-03-19 22:21                       ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-29 17:56                   ` Florian Weimer
2019-03-29 22:17                     ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-29 22:35                       ` Florian Weimer
2019-04-01 21:17                         ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-29 17:41               ` Florian Weimer
2019-03-29 22:16                 ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-29 22:43                   ` Florian Weimer
2019-04-01 21:29                     ` Randy Brukardt
2019-04-01 22:14                       ` Simon Wright
2019-04-02 21:55                         ` Randy Brukardt
2019-04-04 15:07                           ` Simon Wright
2019-03-12 21:41         ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-13  9:10     ` Maciej Sobczak
2019-03-13 11:08       ` Jere
2019-03-13 11:11         ` Jere
2019-03-13 11:59         ` Jere
2019-03-13 13:44       ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-13 15:56         ` Simon Wright
2019-03-13 16:25           ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-14  0:40             ` Simon Wright
2019-03-13 16:27           ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-14 22:41         ` Randy Brukardt
2019-03-16 21:30           ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-29 17:38     ` Florian Weimer
2019-03-13 13:23 ` Olivier Henley
2019-03-22 11:10 ` Lucretia
2019-03-22 14:09   ` J-P. Rosen
2019-03-22 16:41   ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2019-03-22 17:29     ` Paul Rubin
2019-03-22 22:36       ` Optikos
2019-04-01  7:28 ` gautier_niouzes
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-03-25 19:14 Randy Brukardt
2019-03-25 20:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-03-28  0:48 ` Jere
2019-04-02 22:07 Randy Brukardt
2019-04-03  7:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-03 14:31   ` Optikos
2019-04-03 14:54     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-03 15:29       ` Optikos
2019-04-03 16:16       ` Simon Wright
2019-04-03 17:15         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-03 21:12           ` Simon Wright
2019-04-04  7:09             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-04  5:44           ` Maciej Sobczak
2019-04-04  7:17             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2019-04-04  7:22             ` Paul Rubin
2019-04-04  8:37               ` Niklas Holsti
2019-04-05  0:13                 ` Randy Brukardt
2019-04-05  5:45                 ` Maciej Sobczak
2019-04-05 15:17                   ` Optikos
2019-04-06  1:38                     ` Jere
2019-04-06  4:25                       ` alby.gamper
2019-04-06  6:49                         ` Jere
2019-04-06  8:24                           ` alby.gamper
2019-04-04 12:28             ` Simon Wright
2019-04-04 16:17           ` Optikos
2019-04-03 15:07 ` Lucretia
2019-04-03 16:15   ` Simon Wright
2019-04-03 17:23 ` Niklas Holsti
2019-04-03 17:48   ` Bill Findlay
2019-04-03 21:01   ` Simon Wright
2019-04-03 18:58 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
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