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Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)

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From: Bob Kitzberger
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 02:57
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Viet-Trung Luu (vluu@lagrange.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
: So while I don't necessarily agree with his comment, I have to say that 
: having bounds checking by default would be unreasonable 

And I think that most developers of safety-critical software would
disagree with you.

Get the software working right, and then remove the checks if you
must!  What's so bloody controversial about that? 

Are any other engineering professions so flippant about safety
and reliability?


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Bob Kitzberger	      Rational Software Corporation       rlk@rational.com
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Subject: Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)
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