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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: [Spark] Arrays of Strings
Date: 12 Apr 2003 19:09:42 -0400
Date: 2003-04-12T19:09:42-04:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccd6jrl3d5.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 54F8CD091AF44543.C62D3F94D086FE15.8E3F43FBA1FD34CE@lp.airnews.net

"John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net> writes:

> "Testing cannot be used to show the absence of errors, only their
> resence."  --Edsger W. Dijkstra
 ^
 p

True, but this fact does not imply that so-called "proof of correctness"
can show the absence of errors.  In fact, it cannot.

- Bob



  reply	other threads:[~2003-04-12 23:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-08 12:02 [Spark] Arrays of Strings Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-08 18:08 ` Martin Krischik
2003-04-09  9:23   ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-09 12:38     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-09 12:47       ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-04-09 14:27         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-09 15:13           ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-04-09 17:21         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-09 18:41           ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-04-09 21:04           ` Randy Brukardt
2003-04-10 23:21           ` John R. Strohm
2003-04-11 12:19             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-11 13:14               ` John R. Strohm
2003-04-09  7:50 ` Eric G. Miller
2003-04-09  8:10   ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-09 18:23   ` Matthew Heaney
2003-04-09 17:42 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-04-09 21:06   ` Randy Brukardt
2003-04-10  8:23   ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-10 14:09     ` Matthew Heaney
2003-04-10 14:48       ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-11  6:20         ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-04-11 12:31           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-11 18:27             ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-04-11  7:35         ` Phil Thornley
2003-04-11 12:05           ` Marin David Condic
2003-04-11 13:19             ` John R. Strohm
2003-04-12 23:09               ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2003-04-11 18:47             ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-04-12 23:51         ` Robert A Duff
2003-04-13  5:47           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-14  8:05             ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-10 15:02       ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-10 15:50         ` Hyman Rosen
2003-04-10 18:32           ` Randy Brukardt
2003-04-11  6:28         ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-04-11  8:11           ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-11 12:32 ` Rod Chapman
2003-04-11 14:50   ` Peter Amey
2003-04-11 18:41   ` Matthew Heaney
2003-04-11 21:25     ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-04-12 10:08     ` Peter Amey
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