RE: Software Vendors

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 8:14 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Software Vendors
> 
> 

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> 
> It is not impossible to write bug free code.  It is actually very
> easy to do so, as long as when you are designing and coding the
> program you think of and validate any data the users can input.


I think I agree with you except the part about "very easy."  Complex
programs can give people the opportunity to do things that result in
incorrect output based on valid data.  Admittedly, that's the result of not
understanding the process fully, but then that's the old "Myth of the Cave"
situation.  (Would programmers be admitted to the Republic?) <g>
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