From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: 'withing' problem
Date: 18 Nov 2001 14:53:49 +0000
Date: 2001-11-18T14:53:49+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x7vd72gi0zm.fsf@smaug.pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3BF6E4DF.FA47ACDB@adaworks.com
Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com> writes:
> As much as it pains me to agree with Matthew Heaney [ :-) ] , I have
> to do so here. The circular dependency in the Patient/Doctor design
> is a contrivance that fails to reflect A correct design of a medical
> system. It is reminiscent of the question, "Can God build a wall so
> high he cannot climb over it?" In the mathematical sense, it is
> reminiscent of Zeno's paradox.
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.
If there is a real-world circularity between doctor and patient, and
our software engineering tools can't cope with it, it's the tools that
have failed and not the real world!
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Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-02 10:24 'withing' problem David Crocker
2001-11-02 10:58 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2001-11-02 21:32 ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-02 14:49 ` Robert Dewar
2001-11-05 9:49 ` David Crocker
2001-11-02 15:06 ` Wes Groleau
2001-11-02 15:21 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-02 17:19 ` Ed Falis
2001-11-02 18:17 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-02 19:15 ` Ed Falis
2001-11-03 2:52 ` DuckE
2001-11-03 9:50 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-03 8:25 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-03 17:27 ` Richard Riehle
2001-11-04 10:23 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-08 10:58 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-08 15:24 ` Peter Hend�n
2001-11-10 17:57 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-05 9:48 ` David Crocker
2001-11-05 20:36 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-06 15:56 ` David Crocker
2001-11-07 15:06 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-07 16:49 ` Darren New
2001-11-09 20:28 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-10 13:55 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-12 15:10 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-10 18:12 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-12 15:13 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-13 7:01 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-14 16:10 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-15 20:21 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-15 21:07 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-16 14:37 ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-17 22:29 ` Richard Riehle
2001-11-18 14:53 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2001-11-19 5:51 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-19 15:23 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-19 17:19 ` 'withing' problem [code generation] Mark Johnson
2001-11-19 20:58 ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-19 21:20 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-21 6:20 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-20 0:50 ` Mark Biggar
2001-11-21 6:21 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-20 14:42 ` Mark Johnson
2001-11-20 16:34 ` David Crocker
2001-11-20 18:34 ` Richard Pinkall-Pollei
2001-11-20 18:43 ` Matthew Heaney
2001-11-20 20:37 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-11-22 11:49 ` David Crocker
2001-11-20 20:35 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-11-22 11:42 ` David Crocker
2001-11-19 19:30 ` 'withing' problem Preben Randhol
2001-11-03 8:26 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-03 8:38 ` Simon Wright
2001-11-05 9:54 ` David Crocker
2001-11-05 18:04 ` tmoran
2001-11-06 15:29 ` David Crocker
2001-11-07 0:38 ` tmoran
2001-11-07 10:11 ` David Crocker
2001-11-07 18:59 ` tmoran
2001-11-08 11:38 ` David Crocker
2001-11-10 18:03 ` Simon Wright
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