On Thu 8 January 2004 18:42, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:37:33PM +0100, Lourens Veen wrote: > > On Thu 8 January 2004 17:07, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 04:24:22PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > It _is_ wrong to assume that a random program compiled for > > > > OS revision A will run correctly on OS revision B > > > > > > Definetly NOT. > > > > > > e.g. "grep". > > > > Aaargh! > > > > Perhaps we should communicate in proposition logic instead af > > English? J�rg is right, it is wrong to assume that any random > > program compiled for OS revision A will run correctly on OS > > revision B. If you disagree, you have to show that every single > > possible program _will_ work, not just give one example. > > If you say it this way, then you even have to say: > > You can't assume that a random programm compiled for OS Revision > A.0.0.0.0.0 will run correctly on OS revision A.0.0.0.0.1 > > They MAY be a subtle bug that prevents the 10thousands program to > run correctly.
Agreed. Ofcourse, if you start assuming that there are bugs, anything might happen and the entire discussion is moot. Lourens -- GPG public key: http://home.student.utwente.nl/l.e.veen/lourens.key
