> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barbara Nitz > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Java Problem Analysis > > > Quote from the diagnosis book: > > "It is easier for IBM Service to solve a problem when a test > case is available. Include a test case with your problem > report wherever possible." > > This really rubs me the wrong way, not because it isn't true, > but because to me it sounds like justification why these > highly intermittend, non-reproducible problems are never > found! To someone used to z/OS and finding the bug with the > one and only dump ever produced (because it is a > serialization problem of some sort, possibly caused by the > fact that multiple processors can execute the same > instruction at exactly the same time), this sounds like an > excuse, proven by the way these problems are always handled, > due to lack of skill and knowledge.. > > <rant off> > Barbara > --
That is a "good one"! And I agree with you 100%. Any programmer worthly of the name can fix a problem which is 100% reproducible from a given set of inputs. The problems usually occur in a multiuser/multitasking scenario. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
