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From: chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: C Community's Cavalier Attitude On Software Reliability
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Date: 2 Mar 90 05:00:00 GMT
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In article <8212@hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu writes:
>   Under no circumstances should a DEFECTS section contain flippant
>   comments such as "I tinker a lot, so things break, but then I fix
>   them, hooray", "Not bloody likely", or other comments which indicate
>   a cavalier attitude toward software reliability.  
>
>   DEFECTS sections exist for the purpose of listing known areas in
>   which an implementation does not correspond to the specification,
>   along with potential workarounds (if any) and the estimated date
>   of repair.  Now compare this with your typical Unix BUGS section.
>   
>
>   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu

What, may I be so bold, gives you the right to declare what should or should
not be put in the documentation for a particular piece of code which you have
neither written nor worked on?  If such transgressions from the software
development community so distress you, why remain a member of it?  

 -Chris
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