From -6148976205579679734 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ccbfcafab96cf493 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-04 11:35:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "James Kuyper Jr." Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposol to increase robustness of programs Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:34:44 GMT Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <3C0C2AD4.EC017282@wizard.net> References: <3BFE97B3.91430FB1@wanadoo.fr> <3C058126.36357A00@acm.org> <7dc3b1ea.0111300954.186f1ff5@posting.google.com> <3C094998.F387ABB1@acm.org> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1007494490 mail2news:24086 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 27 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:8456 Pete Becker wrote: > > Peter Dimov wrote: ... > > On the other hand, programmers that do not do proper testing (group > > #2) will benefit from it. The cost will be an extra keyword. > > > > Not giving group #2 what they want will not automatically make them > > migrate to #1. > > > > Giving group #2 what they want won't turn them into good programmers. No, but it will help group #2 produce better code than they otherwise would have. It will also help group #1 catch their errors earlier than they would otherwise have done. ======================================= MODERATOR'S COMMENT: Standard-related content flatlining... --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]