status of Programming by Contract (PEP 316)?

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

 "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