On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:45:02 +1300 (NZDT) Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The arguement that it is almost impossible to write bug free thread code, > so don't write threaded code, is interesting.. If you read the article on > the development of code for the space shuttle, > http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.html > the last three versions of 420 000 lines of code had one bug in it. > similar commercial code has 5000 errors. Since even the shuttle code has > at least one bug in it, does that mean we should not write normal code > (cause it has bugs anyhow)...... A corrolary of this is the 'tell me three times' approach to the systems used in passenger aircraft, and why the 3 systems were separate developments. Until the 777 that was (: Steve
