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From: aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk (Aidan Skinner)
Subject: Re: Ada and Java. different behaviour. casting long to int problem.
Date: 1999/06/23
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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:23:56 -0400, Robert I. Eachus <eachus@mitre.org> wrote:

>    Amen!  Perfect software is no longer perfect if used outside its
>design envelope.

No, *perfect* software modifys what it does so as to work in any
design envelope... ;)

- Aidan
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