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From: Peter Simons <simons@petium.rhein.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: What a lovely dream I had last night!
Date: 25 Dec 1996 15:28:15 +0100
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conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:

 > I was filled with wonder and joy at the fact that the compiler
 > issued not a single warning or error.

I think that thought is frightening. When you write a large piece of
code and it compiles and works immediately, it usually means that the
bugs are more subtle to find -- not that there aren't any. :-)