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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uche Ogbuji [mailto:uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:06 PM
> To: Daniela Florescu
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] The Airplane Example (was Re:
> [xml-dev] StreamingXML)
>
> Hmm. Actually the link you provided does corroborate your
> claim that it was a type error. I could have sworn that the
> last time that crash came up in such debate, that I looked up
> and found that it was a units conversion error instead. I
> don't have the time to repeat such a search, so I'll accept
> this as a valid counter-example. I still stand by my own
> statement that I've never suffered such software failure, and
> I find it extraordinary that someone did in this case.
I've had these error occur in my code after multiple refactorings of
infrequently excercised code paths. I also used to make the same claim
as you but was finally bitten a few months ago.
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