From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 10 23:57:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 771DE16A407 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:57:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33D3143D45 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:57:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE96E1A3C20; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:57:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 83864515F4; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:57:07 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Volker , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060910235707.GA13170@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060910035614.282CD16A58D@hub.freebsd.org> <45049112.3@vwsoft.com> <20060910233325.GA3845@holestein.holy.cow> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060910233325.GA3845@holestein.holy.cow> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Subject: Re: Bug-free software (Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:57:09 -0000 --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 07:33:25PM -0400, 'Anubhav A.' wrote: > in message <45049112.3@vwsoft.com>, wrote Volker thusly... > > > > we're talking about software. Have you ever seen a piece of software wh= ich has > > been really bug-free? Not the hello-world, I'm talking >=20 > Recently i read about which is more than "hello-world" ... >=20 > They Write the Right Stuff > http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.html >=20 >=20 > ... but you did ask. -- This software is bug-free. It is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved. Consider these stats : the last three versions of the program -- each 420,000 lines long-had just one error each. The last 11 versions of this software had a total of 17 errors. -- But that just proves the point: despite all that careful engineering, "one error each" and "a total of 17 errors" !=3D "bug-free". Kris --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFBKZSWry0BWjoQKURAge6AKDSwkui80ikXHfJP8R3Yu30fTnDZwCg4BYC 0zmQXTMcyZ8vErc/RwRwAuY= =tAxl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu--