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Re: branch bootstrap breakage in new DECL_RTL


 > In my opinion, what all these varied incidents have shown is that it's
 > simply *not* possible to do anything even close to the level of
 > exhaustive testing that would verify that all configurations still
 > work, or even that a small fraction of them do.
 > 
 > We have to accept the fact that things are going to break from time to
 > time and people will need to spend time tracking down the reasons and
 > fixing them.

True, but to the extent that a machine can do things it frees up
humans to do more productive work.  A machine also doesn't get bored
or impatient doing rote meticulous tasks & testing that developers
often neglect.

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Kaveh R. Ghazi			Engagement Manager / Project Services
ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu		Qwest Internet Solutions


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