Re: Java and testing

1999-04-10 Thread John Summerfield
>> Yes, I remember this MEMF_CHIP/MEMF_FAST problem. > It is the same habitude which now leads to the Y2K problem: "Hey, More correctly, it's number truncation problem. Folk were worried about it when DJ hit 10 000. > who will ever use more than 2 decimals ?" converts into "Hey, I was progra

Re: Java and testing

1999-04-09 Thread Michael Sinz
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:30:16 +0100, Oliver Fels wrote: >> Well, I now know why people say "Write once, test everywhere" >> >> If the code you write is not correct, sometimes it still produces >> what seems to be correct results on some platforms. > >Well, there are few exceptions ;-) >Some are re

Re: Java and testing

1999-04-09 Thread Oliver Fels
> Well, I now know why people say "Write once, test everywhere" > > If the code you write is not correct, sometimes it still produces > what seems to be correct results on some platforms. Well, there are few exceptions ;-) Some are regarding platfome limitations A complex proxy server applicatio

Java and testing

1999-04-09 Thread Michael Sinz
I just spent the last two days fighting a fire to get a project ready for a demo. Well, I now know why people say "Write once, test everywhere" If the code you write is not correct, sometimes it still produces what seems to be correct results on some platforms. For example, sometimes putting me