[E-Lang] what is good about E?

[Mark S. Miller]

At 06:16 PM Tuesday 7/17/01, Bill Frantz wrote:
>Deadlock is an example of the scariest class of bug, the sporadically
>occurring bug.  (Uninitialized variables are another example.)  Eliminating
>bugs in this class probably has the greatest potential for reducing the
>cost of building reliable software.

And, as was pointed out in the earlier conversation I cited, not only do E 
programs suffer vastly fewer data-locks than thread programs suffer 
deadlocks (to such an extent that it exceeds our ability to explain), but 
also, when a program does contain a data-lock bug, it should manifest 
reliably and reproducibly, rather than sporadically and uncatchably.


        Cheers,
        --MarkM