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How to Construct 100% Bug-Free Software (Pay Attention, Toyota)

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Re: How to Construct 100% Bug-Free Software (Pay Attention, Toyota)

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If I understand correctly this means we should just write small program that can learn which reactions to given stimuli of the program are good, and which aren't, based on history of signals and responses of the program that are known to be good.

While interesting, I doubt it will do much to make programs more correct.

Somebody has to tell the program that this new reaction is good, so you should learn it as an exception to the older rules, or it is wrong, and we have found a bug.

Re: How to Construct 100% Bug-Free Software (Pay Attention, Toyota)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you two please stop?

It's time for this I think: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1142045 . Personal reprimands from you are effective in snapping otherwise reasonable people out of the mindset that sometimes results from anonymity, but it's just a stop-gap measure. I know you already know this, but it's worth pointing out. Tangential anecdote: the last 10 or so uncivil comments I've read have been from throwaway accounts and accounts…

I'm going to start trying things fairly soon. I'm just too busy with YC right now.
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