[Texmacs-dev] Re: [TeXmacs] segmentation fault

[Henri Lesourd]

Wolfgang Jansen wrote:

> Henri Lesourd wrote:
>
> > No possibility to test: not possible to
> > write software.
>
> Because, *as I said before*, the bug is not platform
> specific, it is standard specific. Announcing that the
> software will run at "all major UNIX platforms"
> requires to follow the standards.
> Well, it happens during development that some extensions
> to a standard will be overseen. But as soon as the standard
> violation becomes visible one must resort to the standard.
> Otherwise, it will be impossible to produce qualitative
> software.

You should apply your own standards to
yourself first, IMHO.


> > > There may be many places where the result
> > > of the function is needed. Can the function simply
> > > be switched off? If it was so simple
> > > why has this not already been done?
> >
> >
> > Things are never so simple, one must spend
> > time to read the code in order to see if
> > changing it can break things, and spend
> > time to test the changes afterwards, even
> > if reading the code lead to the idea that
> > everything should be fine.
> Thanks for teaching how software is produced.
> Now I know what I've made wrong during the last 30 years.

I dont know what you made wrong during all
this time, but I know for sure what you are
doing wrong right now. If you can't see it,
it's your problem, not mine.