On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pocallaghan@gmail.com">pocallaghan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</div>It depends on what you mean by "hung". If we're talking about "in an<br>
unforeseen state caused by a bug" then of course the HT prevents<br>
detecting this reliably. However in this case I think the OP means<br>
something more ordinary, "not finished yet because there's a lot to do".<br>
This doesn't prevent giving a meaningful progress report.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you think you know what you are talking about, perhaps you would consider a fixed-fee contract on a perpetual motion machine.</div>
<div><br></div><div>From a practical point of view, all possible states of a program cannot be examined and tested. If you want to think of some extreme state (the assumed hardware gives misleading answers, for example) as a "bug," so be it, but I wouldn't be hiring you to manage anything.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Robert. </div><div><br></div></div>