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Re: Newbie: static typing?

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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj@harvee.org> wrote:
> I guess this is a long way of saying instrument your software so that it can
> be tested and or give you enough information about the internal state. This
> is sort of like building a specialized integrated circuit. You need to
> design it so it can be tested/observed after it's been embedded in epoxy and
> not just count on being able to probe the wafer in the lab.

In software, that's easy: just have a way to execute arbitrary code in
the context of the running server. A *hugely* beneficial debugging
tool. Of course, it's also a security concern, so you have to put a
good password [1] on it, or have some other system for guaranteeing
that untrusted persons can't execute arbitrary code.

ChrisA

[1] By which I mean http://xkcd.com/936/ compliant.

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          Re: Newbie: static typing? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-06 15:06 +0100
          Re: Newbie: static typing? "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@harvee.org> - 2013-08-06 09:58 -0400
          Re: Newbie: static typing? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-06 15:38 +0100
      Easier to Ask Forgiveness than Permission (was: Newbie: static typing?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-07 08:23 +1000
  Re: Newbie: static typing? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-08-05 17:38 -0600
  Re: Newbie: static typing? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-06 10:35 +1000
    Re: Newbie: static typing? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-08-06 10:01 +0100
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          Re: Newbie: static typing? Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-08-06 15:25 +0100
          Re: Newbie: static typing? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-07 08:34 +1000
      Re: Newbie: static typing? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-06 10:29 +0100
        Re: Newbie: static typing? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-08-06 11:28 +0100
          Re: Newbie: static typing? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-06 11:50 +0100
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          Re: Newbie: static typing? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-06 19:02 -0400
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