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Date:      Thu, 13 May 1999 13:03:47 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD, GPL, the world today. (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990513115719.26546T-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.37.19990513095524.04429440@localhost>

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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Brett Glass wrote:

> Of course, the correct solution to the problem is to build proper tools
> for crafting and analyzing code (goodbye, C and C++!) and to train our
> programmers in good coding techniques. (Most bugs can be boiled down to the 
> same dozen or so common programming or architectural mistakes.) Will
> it happen? Not the way things are going. But software quality is not
> a licensing issue. Open source is, again, one way of attempting to
> brute force the problem rather than solving it ab initio.

Y'know Brett, I've listened to a lot of what you've had to say, and I've
agreed on many points, however by blasting C/C++ you've made a big mistake.

I hereby banish you to the wasteland, please make sure you respect the
carryon regulations, only 2 items.

thank you,
-Alfred



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