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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:43:06 -0500, Amelia A Lewis <amyzing@talsever.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:29:27 -0800
> "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Amelia A Lewis [mailto:amyzing@talsever.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:17 PM
> > > To: Daniela Florescu
> > > Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> > > Subject: Re: [xml-dev] The Airplane Example (was Re:
> > > [xml-dev] StreamingXML)
> > >
> > >
> > > http://sunnyday.mit.edu/accidents/Ariane5accidentreport.html
The conclusion "Although the failure was due to a systematic software
design error, mechanisms can be introduced to mitigate this type of
problem. For example the computers within the SRIs could have
continued to provide their best estimates of the required attitude
information. There is reason for concern that a software exception
should be allowed, or even required, to cause a processor to halt
while handling mission-critical equipment." is fodder for the
draconian error handling permathread too .
> Among the bondage and discipline languages, Ada stands
> out as a laughing sadist.
:-) That should be a quote for the day somewhere !
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