Currency Quotes

[Lars P. Fischer]

In article <8229 at hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu at hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) writes:
>   No, it was an example of the C community's cavalier attitude
>   toward software reliability.  The comment "Don't base your
>   financial plans on the output", or words to that effect, were
>   a) inappropriate, since the static nature of the rates is part
>   of the specification and should not be listed in the defects
>   section, and b) irresponsible, since it indicates a flippant
>   approach to the reliability of the output.

a) Yes, it's part of the specs, but it can't hurt to keep the user
   informed, can it? The user might not realize that using a static
   database has this effect.
b) Nonsense. What would *you* have done? You might not like an
   occasional humorous remark, but calling it irresponsible is plain
   silly.

/Lars
--
Lars Fischer,  fischer at iesd.auc.dk   | Q: How does a project get to be one
CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late?  A: One day at a time.