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Dear Wojtek,
> A robust language and environment are the most important tools.
> This was the essence of my message. Do you disagree?
No, I totally agree!
However, no single tool, how good it may be, does GUARANTEE the
development of reliable software. Again and again I have been told,
that just because of using language X (Java, Oberon, ...) a program
will have fewer bugs, will be more reliable and so on. Based in my
personal experience this is simply not true. As Stroustrup said,
"there is no substitute for intelligence, experience and taste in
programming".
Best regards,
--Andreas
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