From: Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com>
Subject: Re: Win2000 has 63,000 'defects'
Date: 2000/02/15
Date: 2000-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yecya8ldae4.fsf@king.cts.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38A9C619.790950B0@quadruscorp.com
"Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com> writes:
[...]
> That's an interesting factoid. I'm wondering what sort of automatic
> scanner they might have used? Something like lint? I'd guess if this is
> the case that a) there are certainly more errors than would be found by
> the scanner and b) the errors that are found are probably over-reported.
> (Think of how missing one period in a Cobol program could cascade error
> messages from the compiler for days.)
The latter is doubtful. Presumably the code being scanned at least
compiles; warnings don't typically cascade the way syntax errors do.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://www.sdsc.edu/~kst>
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2000-02-15 0:00 Win2000 has 63,000 'defects' Gautier
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <38A9C619.790950B0@quadruscorp.com>
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Keith Thompson [this message]
2000-02-17 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-17 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Ed Falis
[not found] ` <RUkq4.1243$dw3.69085@news.wenet.net>
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Dang! (was Re: Win2000 has 63,000 'defects') Mike Silva
2000-02-17 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-02-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Win2000 has 63,000 'defects' Hyman Rosen
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
[not found] ` <150220001931201946%emery@grebyn.com>
2000-02-17 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
2000-02-19 0:00 ` Joe Wisniewski
2000-02-21 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-03-06 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
[not found] ` <1e66z6d.1a9fzdvtbw6t2N%herwin@gmu.edu>
2000-02-19 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-02-17 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-02-16 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-02-17 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Mike Dimmick
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
2000-03-08 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-03-10 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-02-16 0:00 ` Windows TP (Re: Win2000 has 63,000 'defects') Vladimir Olensky
[not found] ` <38A9C4ED.C75316F9@raytheon.com>
2000-02-16 0:00 ` Win2000 has 63,000 'defects' Samuel T. Harris
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