On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:56 AM, geremy condra <debat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Speaking of reasonable assumptions, one necessary assumption which is >>> particularly dodgy is that whoever deploys and configures it >>> understands all the assumptions and do not break them through ignorance. >> >> Yup. Nothing is safe from idiots.
I actually think I need to take this statement back. The more I think about it, the less convinced I am that it's correct- I can at least conceive of violable systems which cannot be misconfigured. So, sorry about that. > Which means that the assumption really is that you are evaluating a > system, not a bald piece of code. I don't consider that an assumption. > When you're writing code that you will yourself deploy, you take full > responsibility; when you let other people deploy it, they have to take > ultimate responsibility (although they will legitimately expect you to > provide an install script and/or instructions). Sure, although I would personally still call it an assumption. Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
