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| From | <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mars lander crash |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| References | <o2e7s1$ea6$1@dont-email.me> <11f217dd-d725-48c3-8dd2-829e67033675@googlegroups.com> <o2ejtl$p7q$2@jstuckle.eternal-september.org> <8cdb804e-14be-4735-a1cf-e3e1e1790233@googlegroups.com> <o2ftou$8gn$1@jstuckle.eternal-september.org> |
| Date | 2016-12-09 22:34 -0800 |
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote: > On 12/9/2016 3:13 PM, jameskuyper@verizon.net wrote: >> On Friday, December 9, 2016 at 10:52:45 AM UTC-5, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> ... >>> Bad results are worse than no results at all. Would you rather have >>> your doctor give you a fast diagnosis - or a correct one? >> >> Often, there's a deadline for making a decision about something (such as >> an incoming nuclear missile). A quick calculation might have a 20% chance >> of being wrong, but when it's right, it will save your life. A slower, >> more accurate calculation might have only a 0.5% chance of being wrong, >> but the result will never arrive until it's already too late do do >> anything about it. Which would you prefer? >> > > So you're willing to start WW III based on a calculation that is only > 80% accurate? > > I'm glad you aren't working on our national defense! > I think his point was that context matters, and that one's approach depends on the consequences of failing, details of the implemention, and other factors. Bad results vs no results is meaningless without more context. At the end up the day, _anything_ you do will produce some kind of result. A trap that halts a program entirely might be the worse possible choice. Even the simplest piece of code will be part of a more complex system.
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