jaunty the worst ever

Chris Jones christopher.rob.jones at cern.ch
Wed Nov 11 20:26:20 UTC 2009


On 11 Nov 2009, at 8:17pm, Robert Spanjaard wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:11:50 +0000, Steve Flynn wrote:
> 
>>>> Note I say buggy, not badly designed. These are difference things and
>>>> mutually exclusive.
>>> 
>>> No, they're not. Badly designed software can be buggy or stable, and
>>> buggy software can be well designed or badly.
>> 
>> That's what mutually exclusive means.
> 
> Excuse me? Mutually exclusive means that if something is A, it cannot be 
> B. And if it's B, it cannot be A. So if it's buggy, it cannot be badly 
> designed. And if it's badly designed, it cannot be buggy.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutually_exclusive_events

Yes, you are correct. I was thinking of one thing and typing another, and not engaging my brain properly. Long day.

Anyway, we agree on this point ;)

Chris



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