McKown, John wrote:
FSVO "works". Can something be said to be "working" if it contains the
possibility of a security breach or system outage? Just asking.

IOW - if I write code with no input validation, is that "working" code?
Is it "working" if the code abends or give incorrect results if
presented with invalid input? No to my way of thinking.

The reasoning here seems to be that it works in expected circumstances, and by the time it breaks, somebody else will be the manager in charge, with the tight deadlines <g>

Gerhard Postpischil
Bradford, VT

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