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Re: SIL Toolbox and IPA Unicode 1.0

From:Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...>
Date:Thursday, September 2, 2004, 17:30
Paul Bennett wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:59:39 +0100, Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> > wrote: > >> Which isn't a bad idea, but have you ever thought of the complexity >> of these things? Most human endevours pale in comparison to the >> complexity involved in software. > > A) You're over-reacting. It's just Philippe. In his world, anything that > requires thought is badly-designed.
What can I say: I'm not having the best of days. I was in late for work today because I stayed in late working on some thing and got a bollocking for my trouble.
> B) I agree with you completely. There are more than one billion computer > instructions in Windows. Even within the sorts of tolerances far beyond > the kind accepted for other kinds of engineering, I'd expect millions of > them to be erroneous. Computer systems have reached the kind of complexity > that there's no concievable way to have a modern computer that will work > as designed 100% of the time, let alone one that can be all things to all > people.
Indeed, but people still expect miracles. K. -- Keith Gaughan -- talideon.com The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.