Andy Kunz wrote:
>
> At 06:42 PM 5/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >And expensive, right?
>
> I don't know about you, but for me the cost of failure would require about
> two to three decimal place shifts to the right over the price of the
> compiler, depending on who I'm billing to.  Sorry, but "cheap" doesn't
> count then.  It isn't hard to justify an $800 expense against an $800,000
> failure now, is it!

Personally I think it's extortionate, I'm glad that you seem to think
it's
a drop in the ocean, but I don't think many people think it is.

If your a fulltime programmer then it maybe justifiable but if you're
a student or just starting to learn ?

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