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From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter)
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Subject: Re: Provocative statement
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Date: 30 Apr 91 04:31:24 GMT
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>	Often, we are constrained by costs.  A bridge is built once and
>expected to stand for many years.  Software systems expected lifetimes
>are much smaller.

The "expected" lifetimes are smaller, but the ACTUAL lifetimes
turn out to be quite large. This is part of the problem!
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* "Beyond 100,000 lines of code, you should probably be coding in Ada." *
*      - P.J. Plauger, Convener and Secretary of the ANSI C Committee   *
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*                The opinions expressed herein are my own.              *