7 Apr
1999
7 Apr
'99
1:32 p.m.
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Bill Yakowenko wrote:
That's the same URL that I have bookmarked. I very
strongly recommend
that every programmer read through it, at least once. It is long, but
enlightening. Correctness is a lot more than "seems to work".
I just read this, I found it quite upsetting. If there were any one person
who could be blamed for this, I would say stick 'em under the electron
gun and blast them with all it's got.
Honestly, I think that this thing didn't "seem to work". This software was
clearly designed and implemented very poorly. What kind of professional
delivers a finished product that leaves garbage on the screen? Last I
checked, Microsoft did not make linear accelerators...
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)