Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!uidaho!groucho.mrc.uidaho.edu!windley From: windley@ted.cs.uidaho.edu (Phillip J. Windley) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Provocative statement Message-ID: Date: 9 May 91 16:02:50 GMT References: <9776@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1991Apr25.133216.20855@jyu.fi> <1991May3.195844.25823@dg-rtp.dg.com> <34081@mimsy.umd.edu> <1991May9.044816.2709@trl.oz.au> Sender: @groucho Organization: University of Idaho CS Dept. Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: hogg@amos.trl.oz.au's message of 9 May 91 04:48:16 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: panther.cs.uidaho.edu In article <1991May9.044816.2709@trl.oz.au> hogg@amos.trl.oz.au (Stephanie Hogg) writes: I hope you don't really think that safety in say building a bridge is a result of adding a few more tonnes of concrete. What if that concrete went in the wrong place? Safety in all engineering fields is (hopefully!) achieved by design. An demonstrated by analysis. --phil-- -- Phil Windley | windley@cs.uidaho.edu Assistant Professor | windley@cheetah.cs.uidaho.edu Department of Computer Science | University of Idaho | Phone: 208.885.6501 Moscow, ID 83843 | Fax: 208.885.6645