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RE: The Airplane Example (was Re: StreamingXML)

• To: "Uche Ogbuji" <uche.ogbuji@f...>,"Daniela Florescu" <dflorescu@m...>
• Subject: RE: The Airplane Example (was Re: StreamingXML)
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:31:43 -0800
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
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• Thread-topic: The Airplane Example (was Re: StreamingXML)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uche Ogbuji [mailto:uche.ogbuji@f...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:06 PM
> To: Daniela Florescu
> Cc: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: RE:  The Airplane Example (was Re: 
>  StreamingXML)
> 
> Hmm.  Actually the link you provided does corroborate your 
> claim that it was a type error.  I could have sworn that the 
> last time that crash came up in such debate, that I looked up 
> and found that it was a units conversion error instead.  I 
> don't have the time to repeat such a search, so I'll accept 
> this as a valid counter-example.  I still stand by my own 
> statement that I've never suffered such software failure, and 
> I find it extraordinary that someone did in this case.

I've had these error occur in my code after multiple refactorings of
infrequently excercised code paths. I also used to make the same claim
as you but was finally bitten a few months ago. 

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