Re: compile-time taint checking and the halting problem

2000-10-23 Thread Larry Wall
David L. Nicol writes: : Steve Fink wrote (and I edited slightly): : : groan I can't figure out why so many people misinterpret my RFC12 : as requiring a solution to the halting problem. : : a large class of incompletely expressed : suggestions appear to get grouped into : : "This requires

Re: compile-time taint checking and the halting problem

2000-10-23 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 09:44 AM 10/23/00 -0700, Larry Wall wrote: David L. Nicol writes: : Steve Fink wrote (and I edited slightly): : : groan I can't figure out why so many people misinterpret my RFC12 : as requiring a solution to the halting problem. : : a large class of incompletely expressed : suggestions

Re: compile-time taint checking and the halting problem

2000-10-23 Thread Steve Fink
Larry Wall wrote: David L. Nicol writes: : Steve Fink wrote (and I edited slightly): : : groan I can't figure out why so many people misinterpret my RFC12 : as requiring a solution to the halting problem. : : a large class of incompletely expressed : suggestions appear to get grouped

My reading list

2000-10-23 Thread Nathan Torkington
(my apologies for the delay in sending this) Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell Published by Microsoft Press. Takes you step by step through the project, and each chapter ends with a checklist of things that should be happening and things that shouldn't. Quite detailed,

Re: My reading list

2000-10-23 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 12:49 AM 10/24/00 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 04:11:34PM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: I'd just like to stoke the latent paranoia. Latent? What, there's some that *hasn't* come out yet? Damn, I bet it's too late to be afraid...

Re: My reading list

2000-10-23 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Simon Cozens wrote: On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 04:11:34PM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: I'd just like to stoke the latent paranoia. :-) For those who haven't read them the Steve Maguire books are really really good. Hallo, no matter what you think of the software they