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From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Trojan horses
Message-ID: <558@desint.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 17-Apr-87 01:29:21 EST
Article-I.D.: desint.558
Posted: Fri Apr 17 01:29:21 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Apr-87 13:09:45 EST
References: <10@mcs.UUCP> <338@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu> <1389@uwmacc.UUCP>
Reply-To: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
Organization: Interrupt Technology Corp., Manhattan Beach, CA
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In article <1389@uwmacc.UUCP> rick@unix.macc.wisc.edu.UUCP (Rick Keir) writes:

> In article <338@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu> jsm@vax1.UUCP (Jon Meltzer) writes:
> >If "Computer Language" wants to have any credibility henceforth, it must
> >fire Parker and print a retraction. 
> 
> Indeed.  I presume *you* walk on water, Mr. Meltzer, when writing.  
> Could I hire you to do my next project?  Surely an infallible engineer
> must be worth any amount of money.

It doesn't take water-walking to test a program before you publish it.
Even if Mr. Parker suffered a lapse, a well-run organization would have a
system to compensate for such possibilities.  There is NO EXCUSE for
shipping (or publishing, in this case) untested software.
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	Geoff Kuenning   geoff@ITcorp.com   {hplabs,ihnp4}!trwrb!desint!geoff