Loose type checking in E

[Bill Frantz]

At 07:48 AM 10/21/98 -0400, shap@eros.cis.upenn.edu wrote:
>Applying the Uncle Joe Stalin test:  :-)
>
>If we took all of the people in Silicon Valley who have ever written
>thread code out back and had them shot, we wouldn't notice any
>reduction in population density in the valley.  We *would* notice a
>significant reduction in mean talent level.  Most of the people who
>write thread code are the very best in the business, because thread
>code stuff is blasted complicated. ...

If we took all the people in Silicon Valley who have ever written threaded
code which didn't have deadlocks or race conditions and had them shot, we
wouldn't have to shoot anyone.  :-)