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| From | Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix |
| Date | 2017-03-28 19:34 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <obev1v$lcb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Tom Gardner wrote: > On 28/03/17 08:22, David Brown wrote: >> On 28/03/17 08:42, Paul Rubin wrote: >>> Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> writes: >>>> I don't write many bugs that have to do with overrunning array >>>> boundaries, particularly because I both inspect and test for it. >>> >>> It helps if you're writing embedded code, which tends to not deal with >>> too much variable sized data or have complicated control flow. >>> Otherwise how can you really tell? Inspection stops helping much once >>> the program is large enough. Do you do any fuzz testing etc.? >>> >> >> I think the key point is program design, rather than testing. Testing >> can help show that you /have/ bugs, it doesn't show that you /don't/ >> have bugs. > > Try telling that to the XP/TDD brigade who have > been taught by external consultants - "but there's > a green light after testing" :( > > Mentioning the old aphorism that "you can't > test quality into a product" usually meets blank > incomprehension, and only rarely a glimmer of > enlightenment. > That's not how this works. Tests that catch bugs early save money. The other problem is that people take as a corollary "so don't bother testing." Zero defects is unattainable. 10^-x defects isn't. -- Les Cargill
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Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-23 18:17 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-23 23:21 -0700
Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 09:18 +0100
Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2017-03-24 18:24 +0000
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-24 19:32 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Stefan Reuther <stefan.news@arcor.de> - 2017-03-25 09:59 +0100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-25 13:08 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-25 01:57 +0100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-25 18:34 +1100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2017-03-26 23:53 +0000
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-27 09:51 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-27 20:19 +1100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-27 12:17 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-25 09:20 -0700
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2017-03-24 23:14 -0400
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-25 11:07 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2017-03-26 05:45 -0400
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> - 2017-03-26 13:14 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-26 11:08 -0700
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> - 2017-03-26 20:24 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-26 15:16 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2017-03-27 00:09 +0000
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-26 19:43 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 16:57 +0100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-27 11:53 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-27 22:04 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-27 18:32 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-28 11:03 +1100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-27 22:07 +0100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-27 23:42 -0700
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-28 09:22 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-28 00:42 -0700
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 09:07 +0100
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-28 19:34 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-29 11:39 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-28 19:29 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-29 10:31 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2017-03-30 00:23 +0000
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-29 19:31 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Phil Martel <pomartel@comcast.net> - 2017-03-30 11:51 -0400
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-30 19:16 -0500
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-31 09:21 +0200
Re: Type-safety and C++, was: Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-28 14:19 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-24 11:05 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 17:33 +0100
Re: Dimension of a matrix Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2017-03-24 12:09 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-25 13:09 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-25 13:05 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 09:20 +0100
Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-25 13:12 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2017-03-25 20:08 +0100
Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-25 15:17 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-26 17:32 +0200
Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-26 11:55 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-26 21:23 +0200
Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-29 19:36 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2017-03-30 00:36 +0000
Re: Dimension of a matrix Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-29 19:55 -0700
Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-30 09:49 +0200
Re: Dimension of a matrix Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2017-03-30 18:07 +0000
Re: Dimension of a matrix David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-30 09:47 +0200
Re: Dimension of a matrix Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> - 2017-03-25 19:08 +0100
Re: Dimension of a matrix Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2017-03-25 15:21 -0500
Re: Dimension of a matrix Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> - 2017-03-26 14:43 +0200
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