status of Programming by Contract (PEP 316)?

[Ricardo Aráoz]

Hendrik van Rooyen wrote:
>  "Carl Banks" <pavl....mail.com> wrote:
> 
>> This is starting to sound silly, people.  Critical is a relative term, 
>> and one project's critical may be anothers mundane.  Sure a flaw in your 
>> flagship product is a critical problem *for your company*, but are you 
>> really trying to say that the criticalness of a bad web search is even 
>> comparable to the most important systems on airplanes, nuclear reactors, 
>> dams, and so on?  Come on.
> 
> This really intrigues me - how do you program a dam?  - and why is it
> critical?
> 
> Most dams just hold water back.
> 
> Dam design software - well yes that I would agree is critical.
> Is that what you mean?
> 
> - Hendrik
> 

Yup! He was referring to that Damn design software. Just as almost
everyone has at one time or another.  ;c)