Jere Lull wrote:
On 2008-01-31 14:27:03 -0500, Geoff Schultz
said:

Expecting the developers to add in code to check for rare events like
this just doesn't happen.

Sorry, but I'm a developer and I ... when you manage 10-20 billion
dollars' investments..

Yeah, I kind of bristled at that one also. I'm a developer too, and
produce software for medical labs. Because of the potential liability
involved (not to mention peoples health), our customers are pretty picky
too. I actually spend much of my time developing interfaces between the
analyzers in the lab and our system. Diagnostics are designed in from
the ground up. There's nothing worse than when something doesn't work
and it doesn't give you any clue as to why it's not working.

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Dan Best
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